Man in custody after barricading himself in home, prompting large police presence in Clark County

A man is in custody after he barricaded himself inside a home, prompting a large police presence in Clark County Saturday night.

News Center 7 previously reported that Clark County Sheriff’s deputies, along with the Ohio State Highway Patrol Aviation, were in the area of N Park Drive and Vine Road Saturday evening.

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According to Clark County Sheriff Christopher Clark, the sheriff’s office was conducting a “focused blitz in Bethel Township in order to serve several indictments returned by the Clark County Grand Jury.”

Around 7:20 p.m., deputies attempted to serve an indictment involving Trafficking in Narcotics to Jimmy Watkins at a residence in the 200 block of Vine Road…

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