OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — Update - At 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Daniel Kriger came out of his home and surrendered to police. Kriger will be held at the Ottawa County Jail and face charges of felonious assault and felony firearms.
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A 50-year-old man who threatened a deputy with a firearm refused to leave his home in Crockery Township on Wednesday, according to law enforcement.
The standoff started around 10 a.m. on the 10000 block of Walnut Drive. Police say the suspect is Daniel William Kriger.
Ottawa County Sheriff's Capt. Mark Bennett said Kriger first showed up at the township hall on July 1 and workers there called the police. Crockery Township Supervisor Leon Stille said they had received bizarre emails from the man recently.
"It was rambling about how the elections were crooked and how he wanted to be the elections observer and how he was going to take over the process," Stille said. "Just by the nature of the language and knowing the individual, we did not want to take the chance."
Kriger left the area after the deputy arrived. During a follow-up at Kriger's home, he pulled a gun out and threatened the deputy, Bennett said.
The department said it obtained search and arrest warrants Wednesday afternoon. Felony firearm and felonious assault charges were authorized tied to the incident involving the deputy on Wednesday morning.
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