A man who caused a SWAT standoff in Paradise Hills has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison after pleading guilty to making a criminal threat in a domestic violence incident.
Isaac Terrall Cross, 39, asked a San Diego Superior Court judge on Aug. 5 to withdraw his guilty plea. His case was transferred to Judge Joan Weber who took his guilty plea on July 10, but his motion was withdrawn on Aug. 31.
Cross received the 14 years that was set in his plea agreement, said Deputy District Attorney Ramona McCarthy. He pleaded guilty during his preliminary hearing before Weber regarding the May 22 incident in an apartment in the 6800 block of Potomac Street near Paradise Valley Road.
His girlfriend was injured, but she was able to escape at 5:15 a.m. and called 911. She told officers Cross had a gun and a SWAT team took several hours in persuading Cross the leave the apartment. Several nearby units were evacuated. He surrendered around 9:30 a.m. and no shots were fired.
After pleading guilty to making a criminal threat while armed, the judge dismissed other charges including inflicting corporal injury, kidnapping, false imprisonment, two assault counts, and resisting arrest.
He received credits for serving 3 1/2 months in jail. He has been to prison before for domestic violence.
