TOMPKINS TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 57-year-old Rives Junction man is in custody after barricading himself inside of a home.
It happened early Wednesday morning just before 3 a.m.
According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Dixon Road in Tompkins Township for a stabbing victim who fled the residence.
They determined a 29-year-old woman had gone to the home to retrieve property when confronted by the man. Officials say they were in a domestic relationship.
The man assaulted the woman with a knife and then barricaded himself inside the home.
She suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Attempts to contact the man were unsuccessful and the Michigan State Police Services Team took him into custody.
Alcohol and drug use appears to have been a factor, according to police.
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