Court records revealed chilling details about a man who was arrested following a SWAT standoff at a Kodak motel . Harden, 33, allegedly threatened to kill a woman in Sevier County, Tennessee on Thursday, and is accused of lighting her on fire using gasoline, according to an affidavit of complaint. Mark A. The woman suffered burns before she managed to put out the flames.
How Mark Harden was arrested
She alleged that Harden lit her face on fire, which she put out by running sink water over herself. He barricaded himself inside when police tried to contact him. However, he refused to comply.
The Sevierville Police Department’s SWAT team, crisis negotiators and a police K-9 responded, and negotiators attempted to communicate with him.
Records say that the woman told officers that he poured a can of gasoline on her, shoved her on a couch and grabbed a lighter, according to WVLT. “When officers attempted to make contact, the suspect refused to exit the room and barricaded himself inside,” Public Information Officer Bob Stahlke said, per WVLT. “Due to the severity of the charges, and the potential that the suspect was armed, the SPD SWAT team, along with crisis negotiators and a police K9, were activated and deployed to the location.”
Harden was found by the Sevierville Police at the Smokies Motel just after midnight on Friday.
