KINGWOOD, W.Va. — Police say a Terra Alta man assembled several weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and body armor, and warned them he wouldn’t be arrested without a fight.
Jamie Michael Savage, 42, was arrested without shots being fired. He was in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail Wednesday in lieu of $250,000 bond, charged with strangulation and wanton endangerment involving a firearm.
According to the criminal complaint by Terra Alta Patrolman T.A. Nestor:
Savage strangled a woman and slammed her against a wall, then waved a loaded pistol in a crowded home. Children and adults were present.
Officers spoke to Savage by cell phone before arriving at the scene. Savage told police they would “have their hands full,” “I’m not going without a fight,” and “I’m going to make you work for this one.” The officers could hear a gun being loaded.
At the house where they arrested Savage, officers found a loaded AR15 semi-automatic rifle next to the front door with a round in the chamber, along with a loaded Smith & Wesson .40 caliber handgun and a loaded 12-gauge pump shotgun.
On the bed they found several loaded handguns, some with ammunition in the chamber and hammers pulled back, as well as body armor and several hundred rounds of ammunition and loaded magazines.
Story by Kathy Plum