The man at the center of a 12-hour standoff in Norwalk was arraigned in Stamford Superior Court Tuesday.

Deval Pendergrast, 34, shook his head, visibly disagreeing with the domestic violence allegations that police said triggered the incident.

According to Pendergrast’s arrest warrant, Norwalk police initially responded to his home on Sable Street around 9:20 a.m. Monday after a call reporting a man and woman screaming at each other.

The warrant said upon arrival, police found the female victim outside with a torn shirt, a scratch on her hand and blood on her pants.

She told police Pendergrast was drunk and threw her down the second-floor stairs, then hit her in the back with a 20-pound dumbbell, the warrant said. The victim also told police she then left the house and was on the front porch when Pendergrast came outside and dragged her back in, holding her down until she was able to kick him off her, according to the warrant.

Police said Pendergrast then barricaded himself inside and refused to exit. Neighbors were kept from their homes as the police department’s Emergency Services Unit and crisis negotiators surrounded the area and tried to get Pendergrast to surrender. When that didn’t happen, police forced their way into the home and arrested him around 9:15 p.m.

Pendergrast was charged with second-degree assault, violation of a protective order, second-degree unlawful restraint and disorderly conduct.

“This was matter that could've gone very wrong yesterday,” Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney Dina Urso told the judge during court. “The state's going to ask the bond remain set at $150,000.”

Assistant Public Defender Mark Welsh, who represented Pendergrast, asked the judge to go with the bail commissioner’s recommendation and lower bond to $25,000.

“There's more, a lot more, to this story prior to the police getting involved,” Welsh told the court. Judge Robert Golger kept bond at $150,000, calling the allegations “disturbing” and pointing to this not being a simple arrest.

The judge issued another protective order barring Pendergrast from contact with the victim. One was already issued on Jan. 2 after he was arrested for a disorderly conduct incident, according to court records.

Pendergrast’s mother attended his arraignment and defended him to News 12, disputing the allegations and the victim’s account of what happened.