Cherokee County regional SWAT team takes custody of man barricaded in home during warrant service

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Cherokee County Sheriff Brent Dickson said that the regional SWAT team has taken a barricaded person into custody.

At around 9:20 p.m. the SWAT team was able to use callout methods and tactical resources to pinpoint the man’s location in the residence, went into the house and took custody of him. No one was injured in the incident, Sheriff Dickson said.

The Sheriff’s Office and Jacksonville Police Department had executed a search warrant on County Road 4126 at around 5:30 p.m. when the man barricaded himself in a rear bedroom with firearms. Dickson said there were a number of felony warrants out on the man, whose name is not being released tonight, but the search warrant being served Tuesday night by Jacksonville Police and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office was in relation to stolen property.

The Cherokee County Regional SWAT team members are from Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Bullard Police Department, and Jacksonville Police Department.

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