A day-long standoff with a man who verbally threatened Unalaska police officers with guns came to a peaceful resolution Wednesday evening. Robert Cash, 54, surrendered and was taken into custody.

The incident started Tuesday night, at about 6 p.m. Following up on a drunk driving tip, a police officer followed Cash to a house on General's Hill. Public safety director Jamie Sunderland says Cash was visibly intoxicated.

"The occupant of the vehicle got out and fled into the house," Sunderland says. "[He] indicated to the officer at the scene that he was going to get a gun and that the officer should -- not the man’s words, but leave the area."

Other officers responded to the scene -- at times, as many as six were posted outside the house at 154 Aerie Drive. That home isn’t Cash’s. It belongs to Earl "Skip" Southworth.

Southworth is currently out of town on vacation. When reached by phone, he said Cash is a serious alcoholic who needed a safe place to stay while he tried to recover. Southworth said Cash had been staying with him on and off since August.

The police decided not to try to force Cash out. Instead, Sunderland says, they opted to keep the house under surveillance until Cash was ready to come out on his own.

"Because we were able to verify that there was no one else in the house, we didn’t feel that there was danger to the neighborhood," says Sunderland. "It wasn’t that Mr. Cash was outside brandishing guns -- it was just that he said he had access to them, inside."

It took more than 24 hours for Cash to surrender to police. During that time, little information circulated to neighbors.

Yudelka Leclere’s backyard adjoins the Southworth house. She says she doesn’t know Cash well -- but she didn’t have to, to notice that something was wrong.

"When I went for my walk, I saw two different cops that had their rifles in their hands," Leclere says.

Leclere says the police she encountered during the standoff were polite and professional. But she wishes they would have reached out to explain what was happening.

"When we drove by, they kind of flashed their lights and greeted us," says Leclere. "And they were very nice and everything. But not being told what the information is, for me, it kind of raises concerns about our safety."

Sunderland says his officers didn't see a need to go door-to-door and talk to other residents about the situation. In their judgment, Cash didn't present a threat to others because he was not firing or brandishing weapons, and because the Aerie Road house is sufficiently isolated from neighboring homes.

Cash was barricaded in the house until early Wednesday evening. When he finally came out, Sunderland says, Cash was still intoxicated.

"He was eventually contacted by one of the homeowners, who, in the end, assisted the department with removing him from the house," Sunderland says.

Police didn’t have a warrant to search the house, so they aren’t sure if Cash actually had guns or not. They were able to verify that Cash has a long criminal history, with multiple convictions in Seward and Anchorage.

He also has an outstanding warrant in Unalaska. Cash was arrested here ten years ago for allegedly pulling a stolen handgun on a police officer. He left the state while the case was still open, missing several hearings.

The state reopened their case against him Thursday in Unalaska district court. Cash’s bail was set at $5,000 with a mandatory custodian.