DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A 47-year-old man is in custody after he allegedly threatened to blow up his home while officers tried to take him into custody.
Christopher J. Mars of DeFuniak Springs was wanted for sexual battery on an underage mentally handicapped person, according to the DeFuniak Springs Police Department.
When officers went to his home on Nowling Drive about noon Thursday to take him into custody, he spat at them and said if they touched him he’d blow up the house, the police reported.
Mars held what appeared to be a television remote control when he made the threat.
He continued to resist officers before he eventually was subdued with a Taser and arrested, according to police.
He was taken to Healthmark Regional Medical Center for evaluation before going to the Walton County Jail.
Mars is charged with sexual battery, resisting arrest without violence, threatening to set off a destructive device and two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer.
His bond was set at $1 million.
Because of the threats, the Bay County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad and the Walton County Sheriff's Office assisted at the scene.