MICHIGAN CENTER, Mich. (WILX) -A 41-year-old man from Jackson was arrested on Saturday after he assaulted two people and barricaded himself in a home.

The Blackman-Lenoni Department of Public Services said that officers were sent to the area of N Lakeside Dr and Fifth St in Michigan Center for reports of an assault.

A woman reported that an unknown man wearing a ski mask was in her driveway attempting to deflate her and her boyfriend’s tires.

The couple then went to confront the suspect, and while confronting him, the suspect assaulted them with a “long metal object.”

The suspect then ran from the scene and was being chased by the caller’s boyfriend. During the chase, the caller’s boyfriend was able to remove the suspect’s ski mask, where he was then able to identify the suspcet to the

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