LICK CREEK – A Magoffin man was arrested on Sunday evening after allegedly threatening to burn his parent’s house with them inside.
According to the arrest citation, Magoffin County Sheriff Department Deputy Donavon Watson received a call on June 8 from the parents of Matthew Helton, 46, of Salyersville, reporting that their son had been to their home and threatened to burn their house and block them in it.
When Deputy Watson arrived, the son had already left his parents’ home, but the parents told police he had come to their home and was irate over an Xbox card, according to the citation. They told police they were truly scared he would burn the home and lock them inside.
Deputy Watson then went to another residence where Helton was located. When he knocked on the rear door, a man answered the door and Watson told him he needed to speak to Matthew. Watson then heard the front door open and asked the man if that was Matthew exiting the front door and the man reportedly just looked at the officer, according to the arrest citation.
Watson ran around the side of the house and wase able to locate Helton attempting to flee. He told him to stop and get on the ground, and Helton told Watson he didn’t’ do anything wrong and he wasn’t getting on the ground, according to the citation.
Deputy Watson was able to grab Helton, who then tensed up and Watson was able to assist him to the ground, but he still attempted to resist arrest.
Eventually, Watson was able to handcuff Helton after a few more verbal commands.
Helton was arrested and taken to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, where he remains at press time, held on a $5,000 cash bond, and charged with third-degree terroristic threatening, third-degree fleeing or evading police and resisting arrest.
Editor’s Note: The indictment or charge of a person by a grand jury or otherwise is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
