MENDOCINO CO., 3/22/26 – A Willits man and woman were arrested Thursday night after a nearly two-hour standoff with law enforcement at a property off state Highway 162, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said.
Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched around 8:30 p.m. Thursday to the 36000 block of Highway 162, after a caller reported hearing gunshots and a man yelling, “Did I kill you?” followed by an unknown response from a woman.
When deputies arrived, they alleged that they were unable to reach anyone by phone and received no response after announcing their presence. They searched the approximately 15-acre property and located a fifth-wheel trailer where movement was seen inside, according to the sheriff’s office.
A man later identified as Justin Greer, 43, allegedly exited the trailer holding a shotgun, then dropped it and retreated inside, locking the door. A woman, identified as Annette Pastrana, 43, was also inside, authorities said.
Additional law enforcement, fire and medical personnel responded, and members of the Mendocino-Lake Regional SWAT team assisted while deputies negotiated with the occupants.
During the standoff, Greer allegedly threatened to release dogs on the deputies if they did not leave the property. Deputies obtained a search warrant and determined Greer is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition, the sheriff’s office said.
Both Greer and Pastrana eventually exited the trailer and were taken into custody.
A search of the property allegedly uncovered three firearms and multiple rounds of live and spent ammunition, authorities said.
Greer was arrested on suspicion of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammunition, as well as resisting or threatening a peace officer and obstructing law enforcement. He was booked into the Mendocino County Jail and released on $500,000 bail.
Pastrana was arrested on suspicion of criminal storage of a firearm and later released on a signed promise to appear.
New California law, just about anyone who owns a gun can be charged with “criminal storage of a firearm.”
That was the intent all along.