Jennings SWAT team called out in standoff with wanted man

An attempt to serve arrest warrants on a Butlerville man led to the callout of the Jennings County SWAT team and a standoff with police.

The Jennings County Sheriff’s Department says the incident started at about 1 p.m. yesterday afternoon when deputies went to an address in the 5300 block of North County Road 750E looking for Jason Daugherty. He was wanted on warrants out of Jennings and Ripley counties.

Deputies say that Daugherty refused to come to the door of the home and a standoff started that lasted two hours. The SWAT team eventually entered the residence and took him into custody.

In addition to the warrants, he is facing a new charge of resisting law enforcement.

The Indiana State Police and Indiana Department of Natural Resources conservation officers also assisted at the scene.