WATSONVILLE, Calif.--Police responded early Sunday morning to a call from a person who said he was holding a suspected prowler at gunpoint in his own backyard.
It happened just before one a.m. on the 100 block of Atkinson Lane.
The prowler is indentified as 39-year-old Paul Granados.
Upon questioning, police learned that Granados is the ex-boyfriend of the resident's sister and had allegedly assaulted the sister earlier in the day.
The sister was not hurt and no shots were fired.
Granados was taken into custody.