SCCSO: After barricading himself in residence, man taken into custody ‘peacefully’
Published 2:30 pm Sunday, January 7, 2024
- St. Clair County Sheriff's Office
A standoff with a man wielding a knife at an Odenville home has ended peacefully, authorities said Jan. 5.
According to a statement from the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were attempting to serve an eviction order on Cedar Branch Circle in Odenville at about 9 a.m. when a man threatened deputies with a knife. The man was taken into custody about 2:30 p.m., after barricading himself inside the residence, according to the sheriff’s office.
Pell City Police Department, Oxford Police Department, Odenville Police Department and FBI Gadsden assisted the sheriff’s office.