GUYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities have taken a 52-year-old Guysville man into custody after a three-hour standoff at his home.

Athens County Sheriff Patrick Kelly says the man called a crisis center Monday and said he had a weapon. He threatened to force authorities to kill him if they responded.

Kelly says negotiations went on for three hours. At one point, a bean bag was fired at the man's pit bull, which attempted to approach law enforcement officers.

No firearms were found but the man was using a screw driver and railroad spikes as weapons. He is being evaluated.