The Denver police arrested three people who refused to leave a home during an hours-long standoff that ended after a SWAT team broke down the door with a battering ram.

The three — a man, woman and a juvenile — were apparently unarmed and hid from police who had to search the house at 1720 Dixie Place before arresting them. “They had to be removed from where they were secreted,” police Lt. Ron Saunier said.

The adults are Van Sanchez, 54, and Jacqueline Olson, 19. Sanchez has a police record dating to 1983 that includes drug possession, DUI, domestic violence, shoplifting and auto theft, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

Olson has been arrested a number of times, mostly for traffic violations including misuse of plates, driving under restraint and driving without a license.

The juvenile wasn’t identified. All three will be charged with failure to obey an order to vacate, a misdemeanor, Saunier said.

Denver police raided the same house last week looking for people wanted for possession of stolen property, Saunier said.

At about 10 a.m. Wednesday, police officers who were cruising the neighborhood spotted someone they believed was wanted in connection with the stolen property. That person ran into the house and refused to come out, Saunier said.

The SWAT team was called, and police set up a perimeter on the blocks surrounding the single-family home.

Police used a megaphone to order the inhabitants out of the house a number of times to no avail.

Several explosions echoed through the northwest Denver neighborhood as police set off exploding devices — flash-bang grenades — to shake up the home’s inhabitants.

An armored car, one of two at the scene, with a battering ram mounted to the front was used to break down the door. A short time later, SWAT members dressed in riot gear and carrying shields entered the home.

At about 2:05 p.m. police escorted the first man in handcuffs from the home. A woman was brought out shortly after that and then a second male. The standoff was over by 2:35 p.m.

Neighbors said that a number of people lived in the house including children. There were so many kids playing outside the house that it frequently looked like a day care center, said Jesus Estrada, 19, who lives nearby.

“Cars were going in and out all day long,” he added.

Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.