Editor’s note: this story has been updated to correctly identify the person who called 911.

A man was arrested Thursday afternoon after allegedly assaulting his wife and locking himself inside of his northwest Loveland home, leading to a five-hour standoff with law enforcement.

Jesse DeSersa, 46, is being charged with third-degree assault, domestic violence, second-degree assault against a police officer, disarming a police officer, resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer, restraining order violation, harassment and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.

Police were dispatched to DeSersa’s home around 10 a.m., after the ex-husband of DeSersa’s wife called to report the assault, Loveland Police Department spokesman Lt. Bob Shaffer said.

When officers arrived at the home in the 4200 block of Stringtown Drive, DeSersa’s wife exited, but DeSersa refused to come outside.

Loveland and Larimer County SWAT teams were called to the scene due to DeSersa’s criminal background, which led officers to believe he could become violent, Shaffer said.

He said several attempts were made to contact DeSersa, which proved unsuccessful. A perimeter was set up, and SWAT officers fired several rounds of tear gas into DeSersa’s home but were unable to flush him out.

One neighbor living outside of the perimeter, Crystal Lee, said she had heard at least 10 to 15 explosions as police fired gas into the home.

Drones and robots were also used to explore the interior of the house, but officers were unable to locate DeSersa.

He was finally discovered hiding in the garage attic, and officers deployed a percussion grenade to “coax him out,” Shaffer said.

At 3:10 p.m., DeSersa leapt out of the attic onto the officers. He resisted arrest and had to be restrained after being transported to the hospital. He sustained superficial injuries related to the fight.

Shaffer said around 38 officers responded, including SWAT team members and officers responsible for perimeter and traffic control, command, dog handling, piloting drones and hostage negotiations. He later clarified that DeSersa had not taken any hostages.

Loveland Fire Rescue Authority and Thompson Valley EMS vehicles were also on-scene during the standoff.

DeSersa’s wife sustained injuries that Shaffer said would not support a felony charge.

Two other adults who lived inside the home said the woman’s injuries were so severe that she could not move off of a couch and called the victim’s ex-husband who later called police, Shaffer said.

During the standoff, one man watching from outside of the perimeter, Hunter Sonnier, said he lived in the basement of DeSersa’s home and that, during an argument Thursday morning, he saw DeSersa beating his wife and tried to pull him away.

“He’s just been really, really angry,” he said.

He said DeSersa’s wife was recovering at a hospital.

Sonnier also said DeSersa previously told him that if he was arrested again he “wasn’t going down without a fight.”

In 1994, DeSersa was sentenced to two years of probation and 30 days in jail on a burglary charge in 20th Judicial District court in Boulder, according to court records.

In 8th Judicial District court in Larimer County, he was sentenced on a felony controlled substance charge in 2002 and served three years in prison.

A female plaintiff filed a domestic abuse protection order against him in 2013, and in 2019, he was sentenced to a year of probation on a misdemeanor harassment charge.

Loveland’s domestic violence shelter Alternatives to Violence can be reached 24/7 at 970-880-1000.