UPDATE:  “The cops came by they were looking for this person, and we told them we saw this person.”

That suspect being Sanford Sims, who had outstanding warrants for multiple burglaries of local businesses.

“And they went up to the room. And they actually cornered him. And he got away somehow and went into one of the other rooms”

How he got into another room on the third floor of the hotel is unclear.

“I don’t know what he did, whether he pushed the cops away or what exactly happened and then he ran all the way down the hallway and he went into a room that was open.”

After police found the room Sims was hiding in, they tried to negotiate with him, but he wouldn’t follow their instructions.

“That was the only door that had the latch on it, and they couldn’t get in there so they had got the latch open and they had given him warning to come out, he didn’t so they sent in the canines.”

Dardi says the suspect was hiding under the bed when canine officers found him. He said he saw the suspect earlier in the lobby and didn’t suspect anything.

“He looked like a normal guest you know you wouldn’t think that he would look suspicous or anything, so it was kind of strange you know.”

“Have you ever seen anything like this happen?”

“No i haven’t seen, not to this extent. This is the first time.”

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- UPDATE: Deputies are clearing the scene now. One person has been taken into custody on outstanding warrants for multiple burglaries of local businesses.

Contrary to reports from other local media, the suspect, identified at Sanford Sims, is not connected to area bank robberies.

The hotel was evacuated during the hour and a half standoff, authorities said. Authorities said Sims bitten by a deputy K9 after he was refused to comply with verbal commands from deputies.

ORIGINAL STORY: Lafayette deputies are at the scene of an investigation at the Microtel Inn & Suites on Ambassador Caffery Parkway and Willow Street.

We’ll update this story as more information becomes available.