Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Releases Video Footage Of Friday Standoff

Jefferson County sheriff’s office has released video from an incident on Friday near Strawberry Plains where the Special Operations Response Team had to be deployed to remove a man from a home…after that man was threatening to burn the house down with two one gallon gas cans and a lighter. This happened on Old Dandridge Pike late Friday afternoon. By deploying pepper bombs into the home the Jefferson County sheriff’s office were able to remove the man from the home safely. The man had been able to set a small fire in that home but that was quickly extinguished. After a trip to the hospital, that man was taken into custody.