SWAT Team Assists With Arrest

October 3, 2014

A SWAT team was called out Thursday afternoon to help arrest a man after he pointed what witnesses described an assault rifle at two men and sent threatening messages to them via Facebook.

Seth Tyler Martin, 28, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Police initially responded around 12:38 a.m. Thursday on a disturbance call at 2709 North Davis Highway. Thomas Harp, 32, and Stephen Bond, 25, told police they were on the front
porch of their residence when Martin drove up and exited a vehicle while holding a black assault rifle.

Bond, who told police he and Martin had argued earlier in the day, said he pushed Martin and told him to leave the residence. Martin then got back into the vehicle and left the area.

Martin sent multiple Facebook messages to Bond threatening him and asking him to fight, and also sent two photographs of rifles – one of which was a black assault rifle – to Bond. He also sent Facebook messages to Harp.

Martin refused to answer his door around 10 a.m. this morning when police initially went  to his residence. SWAT officers participated in the arrest Thursday afternoon because of the  type of weapon Martin reportedly had. Martin exited his home and was taken into custody without incident as soon as a negotiator began talking with him.

A .22 rifle fashioned to resemble an AR-15 rifle was found hidden in the attic at Martin’s home. Police said it was the rifle Martin had shown the two males.

Comments

One Response to “SWAT Team Assists With Arrest”

  1. paul on October 3rd, 2014 9:40 am

    SWAT should have sent him a facebook message with their guns :)

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