Livonia Man Charged After Attacking Woman in Her Own Yard While Wearing Hazmat Suit
A white hazmat suit. A gun pointed at a 77-year-old man in his own backyard. And when police made the arrest, the suspect turned out to be a neighbor.
This happened in Livonia, Michigan, in broad daylight, on back-to-back days in May 2026.
The Neighborhood Nobody Expected This In
Livonia has long had a reputation as one of Metro Detroit’s quieter suburbs. The area near Six Mile and Newburgh, where both incidents took place, is a stretch of single-family homes with Ring cameras and neighbors who know each other’s names.
Nothing felt out of place. Until May 13.
24 Hours. Two Homes. One Disguise.
At 10:02 a.m. on May 13, Manuel Sarkis Bardakjian, 40, allegedly forced his way into the yard of a home on Bristol Drive wearing a white hazmat suit, mask, gloves, and blue boot covers…