SWAT TEAM MOVES IN ON ARMED MAN.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer MOJAVE -- A Kern County Sheriff Department's SWAT team arrested a heavily armed Mojave man holed up in his home who'd reportedly threatened to kill himself and any law enforcement officials who got in his way, officials said Thursday. Ronald Scott Hicks Hicks , Edward 1780-1849. American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist. , 49, was arrested in his Edwin Street residence Tuesday night on suspicion of multiple felonies, sheriff's deputies said. Authorities say Hicks' live-in girlfriend told them he'd assaulted her and fired a rifle in their home last week. Hicks' girlfriend contacted sheriff's deputies on Tuesday after an argument during which Hicks threatened to kill himself and said he was going to "kill the cops when they got here," sheriff's Sgt. Ed Komin said. Sheriff's deputies found three firearms in the home including a high- powered Mauser rifle, Komin said. A SWAT team deployed a chemical agent that induced Hicks' surrender. Hicks was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , spousal abuse and negligent discharge A negligent discharge(ND) is an accidental discharge of a firearm involving culpable carelessness. In judicial and military technical terms, a negligent discharge is a chargeable offence. of a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. , Komin said. He remained jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Sheriff's Department's Web site. gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 |
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