A SWAT team was called to the home of a Franklin man who had an active warrant and was trying to evade law enforcement.
Robert Daniel Wood, 26, was arrested on felony charges of violating the probation of his warrant and battery of a public safety official, as well as a misdemeanor charge of resisting law enforcement.
Wood kicked an officer and tried to escape through a bedroom window at his home just before 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Franklin Police Department report.
About 8:30 p.m., a man told a Franklin police officer that Wood had an active warrant. The officer found a felony warrant from Johnson County for battery of an officer and domestic battery. The officer drove to 3090 N. Morton St., Lot 21, where Wood was living with a relative, according to the report.
The officer talked to the relative, who said no one was in the home, although she told them coming in the home would not be a good idea. The officer saw one of Wood’s friends in the home, who denied knowing where Wood was, the report said.
The officer heard movement in a bedroom, but the relative continued to deny Wood was there. The relative said if someone had broken in, it was OK and the officer didn’t need to investigate. The relative answered her phone and appeared to be talking to Wood. She said, “Bobby, you need to give yourself up or I could get them to go to my bedroom so you can try to sneak out,” according to the report.
The police called the SWAT team after Wood refused to open the bedroom door. SWAT surrounded the home as the police suspected Wood was trying to escape through a crawl space. SWAT officers used a can of tear gas and captured Wood as he tried to escape through a window, the report said.
Wood is being held at the Johnson County jail without bond.
