GRISWOLD - Police say a Griswold man armed with a shotgun threatened to kill himself and his family in his home on Sunday night, but dispatchers were able to talk the man into surrendering peacefully.

Daniel Breton, 32, of 179 E. Main St., is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Norwich Superior Court.

Breton is charged with seven counts of illegal purchase of a large-capacity magazine, three counts of risk of injury to a child, interfering with police, disorderly conduct, second-degree threatening and first-degree reckless endangerment.

According to a criminal information summary from Troop E state police, troopers were sent to Breton's home at 6:46 p.m. after getting a report that Breton was in the basemet drunk, armed with a shotgun and threatening to kill himself and his family - a 30-year-old adult and three children ages 9, 4 and 2.

Troopers surrounded the home, while dispatchers talked to Breton on the phone, police said. "Troop E Dispatch was able to negotiate the male to come out of the residence without incident," the summary said.

Police didn't say when the standoff ended, but it was before 9 p.m.

Breton was issued a $100,000 bond. He does not have any previous recent arrests, according to court records.