On Saturday, February 8th, just before noon, Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence in Glendale for a subject who had barricaded herself in a room with a five-year-old child and a sledgehammer.
Deputies arrived to learn that 34-year-old Naomi Hope Ellis of Glendale was in her bedroom with the child. The child could be heard screaming for help, so deputies forced their way through a barricaded door into the bedroom.
Ellis was holding the child with one hand and had the hammer above the child’s head with the other hand. Ellis failed to comply with deputies’ orders to drop the hammer, at which point they were able to physically overtake her.
Ellis continued to fight with deputies at which point a TASER device was deployed. The deputies were then able to safely to remove the child and take Ellis into custody.
Ellis was transported to the Douglas County Jail where she was lodged on the following charges Menacing, Resisting Arrest, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Harassment, Disorderly Conduct and Reckless Endangering.
The child was unharmed in the incident.
