Moorhead man arrested after threatening to stab police, set trailer on fire

One person is behind bars following an incident in Moorhead after police say a man locked himself inside an abandoned trailer and threatened to not only harm officers who tried to help him, but also to set the trailer on fire.

According to the Moorhead Police Department, the ordeal began at 9 p.m. when they received a report of several people trying to break into a vehicle in the 1800 block of 4th Avenue South.

When officers arrived, one of the people ran to the Bennett Trailer Park, where a man was believed to be hiding in the bathroom of an abandoned trailer.

Police say they began talking to the man in an effort to leave, but he then allegedly threatened to set the trailer on fire and stab any officer who tried to stop him.

Moorhead police said negotiations continued for an hour, but the man refused to leave. He then began to drive a screwdriver through the wall at officers in the next room, according to the department.

Various methods were tried to remove the man, including pepper balls, OC spray (pepper spray) and even a K9 unit, but were unable to remove the man.

Eventually, a can of OC gas was used in the bathroom, causing the man to run out of the trailer and try to evade the officers again.

However, police said the K9 unit, named Kash, stopped him from doing so, leading to his arrest.

The man was identified by police as 25-year-old Jeremy Person. He was arrested and is currently being held at the Clay County Correctional Center on a number of outstanding felony warrants as well as pending charges related to Tuesday’s incident. This includes second-degree robbery, second-degree assault, fourth-degree assault, fifth-degree arson, and more.