A 21-year-old man was arrested Thursday afternoon after he assaulted a man in his home and held him hostage at knife point, according to Redding Police.
Before 10 a.m., Noah Jax Dodson entered the man’s apartment at the Heritage Plaza complex on Delta Street, off Benton Drive, according to a police dispatcher and Redding police report.
Police accuse the man of threatening a woman living there and assaulting the man and barricading the door.
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After negotiating with officers during a standoff that lasted four to five hours, Dodson released the man, who police said was physically unharmed.
Police tried to get the man to surrender and summoned SWAT and the Crisis Intervention Response teams. When that did not work, the officers used chemical agents to force the man out of the apartment, police said.
Dodson was arrested and booked into the Shasta County Jail on suspicion of abuse of a dependent adult, false imprisonment, burglary, terrorist threats, kidnapping and delaying a peace officer’s response, according to the police report.
Bail was set at $100,000, according to the Shasta County Sheriff’s office.
The standoff happened less than two months after a small explosion and fire damaged a unit at the Heritage Plaza apartments.
On Oct. 28, 2024, an open flame ignited a leaking bottle of butane gas, causing the explosion and small blaze, Redding Fire Prevention Officer Guido Concello said.
The explosion and resulting fire scorched the apartment’s interior and damaged the structure, displacing residents in the four-until building, Concello said.
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