MAULDIN, S.C. -- Authorities said that a man who prompted a standoff at an apartment complex in Mauldin was arrested just before noon on Thursday.

Matt Armstrong, public information officer for the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, said that deputies along with U.S. Marshals were following 28-year-old Zachary Arnold in a car just before they were to serve him with an arrest warrant. They said that Arnold pulled in to the Vinings apartments on Butler Road, jumped out of the car and ran into an apartment.

Armstrong said that Arnold barricaded himself in the apartment. He said that because Arnold was believed to be armed and has a violent past, authorities backed off and called the SWAT team to the scene.

Arnold surrendered peacefully about an hour after the standoff began, Amrstrong said.

Armstrong said that Arnold was wanted on charges of criminal sexual conduct and accessory after the fact of murder.

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