Police: Man arrested after barricading himself, a woman against her will in Salt Lake apartment
Oct 31, 2024, 9:27 PM | Updated: Nov 1, 2024, 5:02 pm
SALT LAKE CITY — SWAT teams arrested a man who had barricaded himself inside a Salt Lake City apartment with a woman he was holding against her will Thursday, according to police.
The man was identified as Michael Dayley, 40, who was arrested earlier in October for a similar incident at the same complex, police said.
Brent Weisberg, a spokesman for the Salt Lake City Police Department, said officers responded to a domestic violence call at an apartment complex on 1925 W. North Temple at approximately 6:30 p.m.
According to the police affidavit, Dayley had entered the woman’s apartment while holding a large butcher knife in his hand and prevented her from leaving. Police reported the victim had a protective order against him as the two knew each other from a prior relationship.
Officers arrived and tried communicating with Dayley and the woman inside.
At approximately 7:30 p.m., the woman was able to climb out of the apartment safely using a ladder, police said. She was taken to a “secure area,” police said, where she was inspected for medical injuries. Police did not report she had any.
While with police, the victim said Dayley “had been in the apartment since the night prior and would not allow her to leave the apartment since the night before,” according to the affidavit. The victim also told police that Dayley was trying to “sex traffic her.”
SWAT outside of the apartment complex where the domestic happened. (KSL TV)
Dayley remained inside the apartment after he was asked several times to come out. Weisberg said SWAT and crisis negotiators arrived on the scene to help. At approximately 11 p.m., SWAT officers entered the apartment under a court-authorized search warrant they obtained and began to speak with Dayley directly.
According to the affidavit, the victim said Dayley was “squirting a syringe of meth into his mouth (and ) he made statements to police that he came to get high.”
He was taken into custody shortly after they entered and booked on charges of “aggravated kidnapping, violating a protective order, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, interfering with a police officer and intoxication,” police said.
For the previous incident in early October, Dayley had been booked on charges of robbery, unlawful detention, violating a protective order, assault, and interfering with a police officer after that incident. He was later released.
Our SWAT team and crisis negotiators provide patrol officers with additional resources in these situations.
The suspect inside has refused to cooperate.
He is wanted on new felony charges.
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— Salt Lake City Police (@slcpd) November 1, 2024
