LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A SWAT staff was dispatched to resolve a standoff with a 40-year-old lady armed with a pair of scissors in Kingman, Arizona, on Thursday, in keeping with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace (MCSO).
Deputies responded to home violence in progress name at about 12:50 p.m. The caller reported {that a} lady had been bodily attacked, and police discovered the sufferer in misery and bleeding on the bottom.
Niki Leigh Roberts was taken into custody after SWAT officers went into the house within the northwest a part of Kingman. She was booked into the Mohave County Grownup Detention Heart on felony costs of aggravated assault/home violence and resisting arrest. Jail data confirmed on Monday that she is not in custody.
When MCSO deputies went to the house, they discovered Roberts on the porch and a sufferer on the bottom with what seemed to be a big reduce on the leg. Roberts bumped into the house, and deputies went to help the bleeding sufferer, who was not recognized. Details about the sufferer’s situation was not offered.
“Roberts exited the residence holding a pair of scissors in a threatening manner,” in keeping with info in a Monday social media submit by MCSO officers. Deputies drew their weapons and ordered Roberts to drop the scissors, however she retreated into the house. A baby got here out of the house a short while later, deputies mentioned.
Roberts “would continually open the door and shout expletives at deputies,” MCSO mentioned.
“Due to the escalating nature of the incident, MCSO SWAT team was called to the scene,” MCSO mentioned. Deputies continued to order her to come back out unarmed over a public handle system. SWAT went into the house after Roberts refused to obey deputies a number of instances.
This investigation is ongoing.
The house is within the 4800 block of N. Sierra Highway, simply east of Stockton Hill Highway. Kingman is about 120 miles southeast of Las Vegas.
