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WATCH: Standoff ends when deputies charge tractor, pull out suspect

Posted at 3:28 PM, Jan 01, 2015
and last updated 2015-01-01 15:28:03-05

FRESNO, Calif. – A California man has been arrested after a refusing to come out of a farm tractor on New Year’s Eve.

KFSN reportsdeputies in Fresno were called Wednesday when the man, who was armed with a knife, locked himself inside the tractor -- and refused to come out.

The stand-off reportedly started after the suspect argued with a landlord.

Pepper spray and bean bags pellets failed to control the suspect, so deputies eventually charged the tractor and pulled the man out.

Officials said he was not seriously hurt.