Man apprehended by SWAT after barricading inside ex-wife’s home

KAYSVILLE — The Kaysville Police Department issued a shelter-in-place warning for a neighborhood Thursday evening as they attempted to apprehend a person with outstanding warrants. Police confirmed Thursday morning the man was taken into custody overnight.

According to police,  39-year-old David Nunez broke into his ex-wife’s home and was staying there without her consent since Saturday in the area of Lincolnshire Way and Crestmont Way. At approximately 2 p.m., police were aware of the incident and responded. The man reportedly had two different protective orders, mandating he stay away from his former wife and children.

Kaysville police said the ex-wife and the children inside the home were able to get out of the home safely when police arrived. However, the Nunez barricaded himself inside the home and refused to get out.

Police believed Nunez did not pose a threat to other residents as he did not make any threats; he just didn’t cooperate with police. Negotiators were unsure if he had a firearm. Because of this, they asked residents in the area to shelter in place. Police deployed a drone and at least two flash-bangs to assist in their arrest.

SWAT officers found Nunez unconscious but breathing in an upstairs closet. He was taken to a local hospital before being transported to jail, according to a probable cause statement for Nunez.

Kaysville police said it didn’t consider this incident as a hostage situation since the ex-wife and children were able to leave the home when police arrived, and the man didn’t try to stop them.

In the probable cause statement, police said that Nunez had previously been deported to Peru due to his protective order violations and domestic violence crimes. He then reentered the U.S. illegally in order to find his ex-wife, the statement said.

The police document also said Nunez took precautions to try to make sure his ex-wife wouldn’t call police.

“David would typically keep one of the children with him. David did this so that (his ex-wife) would let him back in the house and also to prevent (her) from going to get police assistance,” the statement said.

He also “bought the children watches so that he can track their locations” and hacked his ex-wife’s social media accounts in order to monitor her activity, the statement said. He reportedly told his ex-wife that he would take the children if she went to police for help, and told the children that “police are bad guys and they will come and kill him.”

Nunez is booked on suspicion of burglary, unlawful detention, violation of a protective order, criminal trespassing, resisting arrest and kidnapping. All of those crimes come with an enhanced severity due to domestic violence.