Crime & Safety
Man Is Arrested After Threatening Neighbor Who Said No To Sex
Harris County Sheriff's Office High Risk Operations Unit convinces man who barricaded himself in apartment to surrender.

HOUSTON, TX -- A man with a gun was arrested early Wednesday morning after he threatened to kill a neighbor who refused to have sex with him.
Deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 1000 block of South Mason Road shortly after 2 a.m. for a report of a suspicious person walking around with a gun.
According to deputies, the man allegedly knocked on a neighbor’s door and asked her for sex.
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When she refused his request and threatened to tell his girlfriend, he threatened to kill her and barricaded himself in his apartment.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office High Risk Operations Unit was brought to the scene at about 5:15 a.m. because the man was armed.
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The man, who has not yet been identified, surrendered to deputies and was taken into custody.
Deputies recovered several guns, and drugs from his apartment.
There were no injuries.
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