The Independence Police Department arrested a man Tuesday who had barricaded himself inside of a building.

IPD officers were dispatched to the 600 block of W. Maple St. in regards to a potential aggravated assault. Officers arrived on scene and were unable to make contact with the suspect due to the individual barricading themselves.

Eventually arrested at the scene was 62-year-old Steven Beck of Independence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threat. He has been booked into the Montgomery County Jail.