Police arrested Jeff Sewell early this morning and charged him with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and causing a police standoff.

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) _ A six-hour standoff with an armed man inside a Lewiston hotel has ended peacefully.

Police arrested Jeff Sewell at about 1 a.m. Wednesday and charged him with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and causing a police standoff.

Police responded to the Morning Star Inn at about 7 p.m. Tuesday following a dispute between Sewell and another man.

That other man, Richard Lamothe, said he notified motel management when Sewell loaded a gun. Lamothe said Sewell appeared intoxicated.

City officers as well as state police surrounded and evacuated the motel and closed the road to traffic as Sewell barricaded himself inside a room.

Sewell eventually gave himself up and was taken to the Androscoggin County Jail.