(COLDWATER) – It was a busy weekend for the Branch County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Fred Blankenship says there were several significant incidents, that resulted in multiple arrests and a safe resolution of a high-risk situation.

On September 26, deputies were sent to the 400 block of Sprung Lake Road in Bethel Township for a reported felony assault. Deputies found a 30 year old Coldwater man who barricaded himself inside a garage with a shotgun.

The St. Joseph Valley Response Team arrived and the man eventually came out of the structure voluntarily and was taken into custody.

On September 27 at 4:30 AM during a traffic stop on Orleans Boulevard, deputies located a quantity of methamphetamine on the driver, a 48 year old Coldwater man. He was arrested on felony drug charges and is being held in the Branch County Jail.

AT 3 AM Sunday, deputies made a traffic stop on South Parham Road near U.S. 12. A 49 year old Colon man resisted arrest and physically fought with deputies. The man’s dog got out of the vehicle and bit one of the deputies. The animal was safely secured and the man was arrested on felony charges of resisting and obstructing and felony drug charges.

Later on Sunday, deputies received information that a 24 year old Coldwater resident was wanted on an active arrest warrant, issued by Branch County District Court for homicide. The suspect was found inside an apartment in the 200 block of Cutter Avenue and taken into custody before being taken to the Branch County Jail.