SWAT Team Called, Tear Gas Used To Coax Barricaded Home Occupant To Comply With Eviction Notice

In Butler County, Ohio, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports:

• The Butler County Regional SWAT Team was called to a Lemon Township residence [] when a man refused to open the door to authorities attempting to serve him an eviction notice, officials said.
  
  Anthony Menke, 32, has been charged with obstructing official business, disorderly conduct and failure to comply, all misdemeanors.
  
  A Middletown City Bailiff, with the assistance of the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, attempted to serve an eviction notice to Menke [...] at approximately 11:30 a.m., according to a press release from the sheriff's office.
  
  Deputies said Menke "would not open the door and barricaded himself in the residence."
  
  The SWAT team was called and deployed tear gas into the residence then breached the back door. The sheriff's office reported that Menke surrendered at approximately 3:25 p.m.
  
  Menke was taken into custody without injury.
  
  Menke underwent a foreclosure along with his wife on their [] home in 2013, according to court documents.

Source: Butler County SWAT called to eviction notice.