UPDATE: Sheriff deputy arrested after 20-hour French Valley standoff
UPDATE: 09/02/12:15 a.m. With booking information
Alcide Galley was arrested after a 20-hour standoff at his home in French Valley.
A jail record search revealed Alcide Galley Jr. was booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse and resisting or obstructing a peace officer. He is currently being housed at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.
He is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail and is scheduled to be seen at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta Sept. 6.
The investigation remains active and the Sheriff’s Department is asking anyone with any information related to this incident is encouraged to call the Southwest Sheriff’s Station at (951) 696-3000.
Callers can refer to incident file number SW16244020 and can remain anonymous. Citizens may also submit a tip using the Sheriff’s CrimeTips online form.
UPDATE: 09/01/2016 4:30 p.m.
Countless officials from multiple agencies converged on the scene of the standoff. Image courtesy of Loudlabs News
FRENCH VALLEY – A standoff between a Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy and members from the deputy’s own agency ended peacefully after the standoff dragged on for nearly 20 hours in French Valley. The incident was brought to a safe conclusion with assistance from the Hemet/Murrieta joint SOU/SWAT team
The residence where the incident occurred is west of Highway 79 and east of Leon Road. The neighborhood is northeast of Murrieta.
Alcide Galley, 49, a current Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy, was taken into custody after the nearly day long standoff that began at a home in the 35100 block of Nightingale Street Wednesday Aug. 31. The standoff ended early Thursday, Sept. 1. at about 7 a.m. according to a Riverside County Sheriff official.
A Hemet/Murrieta SOU/SWAT armored rescue vehicle arrives at the scene of the overnight standoff. Image courtesy of Loudlabs News
“We can confirm that the suspect involved in the incident is employed by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department,” Riverside County Sheriff’s Public Information Officer Deputy Mike Vasquez confirmed in an interview after Galley was safely in custody.
It was not immediately known whether Galley surrendered on his own or if SWAT team members had apprehended him.
“Those details are still unfolding at this time,” Vasquez said. “As the investigation unfolds we’ll release those details.”
Vasquez explained how the incident began, saying, “Yesterday at about 11 o:clock in the morning we received a report of a domestic dispute.”
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Southwest Station responded to the location to investigate the report. When they arrived they learned Galley was by himself inside the residence and was refusing to come out.
A mobile Command Center from the Murrieta Police and Fire Emergency Services moves into position. Image courtesy of Loudlabs News
“During our response we attempted to contact the suspect who was uncooperative and barricaded himself in his home,” Vasquez explained.
As a precautionary measure, the entire community of homes was closed off by law enforcement officials during the standoff.
Neighboring homes were evacuated by officials. Those who were evacuated were not allowed to return to their homes until the following morning and had to make their own accommodations for the evening. The incident did not meet the criteria for the Red Cross to assist with those effected by the evacuations.
Throughout the rest of the day and into the evening, countless officials from multiple agencies converged on the scene. Several Bearcat armored rescue vehicles and at least two robots – one large and one very small that can climb residential stairs – were brought to the location, as was an armored battering ram.
A law enforcement robot is brought out of its trailer to assist in the standoff. Image courtesy of Loudlabs News
As the standoff continued, members from a hostage negotiations team were brought in to communicate with Galley in an effort to resolve the incident peacefully. Several large command posts were set up at an undisclosed location nearby.
By noon on Thursday, there were few indications of anything that had occurred in the normally quiet neighborhood during the previous 24 hours.
“We appreciate the public’s assistance and their patience as this incident unfolded in their community,” Vasquez said. “We understand it’s a difficult scenario when you are outside of your homes but we do appreciate the public’s understanding as this whole incident was resolved peacefully.”
As of 4 p.m., a jail records search did not show Galley had been booked into jail yet.
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ORIGINAL STORY
Sheriff officials have cordoned off the entire surrounding neighborhood where a standoff is happening. Image courtesy of Loudlabs News
Very few details are available yet after reports that a domestic dispute investigation have turned into a standoff with a barricaded suspect. The incident began unfolding at a home in the 35100 block of Nightingale Street in French Valley Wednesday Aug. 31.
Deputies ordered the evacuation of neighboring homes and eventually cordoned of the entire tract of homes, leaving dozens of families unable to return to their residences. It was not immediately known how long the evacuations would be in affect.
This is a developing story. More information will be updated as it becomes available.
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Trevor Montgomery spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg in an off-duty accident.
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including the Robert Presley Detention Center, the Southwest Station in Temecula, the Hemet Station, and the Lake Elsinore Station, along with many other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, Personnel and Background Investigations and he finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator.
Trevor has been married for more than 26 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 10 (soon to be 12) grandchildren.
Trevor, I enjoyed reading part of your bio again on this ad.
Thank you for your service.
One question, when do you sleep? Lol lol
I see your articles at various hours everyday and I was just curious. Lol
I typically work from about 8:30 am until 4:30 am, so I pretty much work 20 hours a day. However, it is very common for me to work 26, 28, or even 30 hours straight, take a quick 4-5 hour nap and then jump right back into it.
Needless to say, I don’t sleep much and definitely not as much as I should. The funny thing is, other than the paying articles I write for Valley News, Anza Valley Outlook or Village News, every bit of news you see here is just part of my hobby, my passion to write. I don’t (yet) make a single dime off of anything from RCNS or SCNS.
Until I can start taking advertisers, this is nothing more than me trying to keep my brain busy while I continue to heal and adapt to my new handicaps related to my 2006 accident. Between the two amputations, the brain injury and the spinal cord injury, I don’t sleep very well anyways. So, I might as well stay busy providing people with free – and hopefully decent quality – news.
Trevor, great coverage. Prayers for your health and body. And Family.
Prayers for you to get $$ paid by the other papers.
Nothin but a high class ghetto yall got more trouble than inglewood and Los Angeles combined i feel safer in da hood thank you!