Felony charges have advanced against a Farmington Hills man who reportedly barricaded for hours in a home while armed with a sword.
Brandon Mayfield, 41, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, ethnic intimidation and resisting/obstructing a police officer for the alleged Aug. 15 incident. The case was bound over to Oakland County Circuit Court this week for possible trial following a preliminary exam in 47th District Court.
Mayfield reportedly kept police at bay while holding a sword following an alleged altercation with a neighbor at an apartment building on Nine Mile Road. Ultimately, a SWAT team was called to the scene to assist Farmington Hills officers, and resorted to deploying a chemical agent which resulted in Mayfield’s peaceful surrender, police said.
According to police, the 28-year-old victim said he was confronted by Mayfield – who was reportedly armed with a knife and using racial slurs — after exiting a vehicle in the driveway of a neighboring house. While on the phone to police, the alleged victim reportedly heard a loud pop from Mayfield’s direction, which he believed was a gunshot. At that point, Mayfield was allegedly yelling racial slurs from outside his residence.
After Mayfield surrendered, a police search of his residence reportedly turned up numerous knives, swords, a rifle and a spent shell casing.
Arraignment for Mayfield is scheduled for Jan. 27, 2025 before Judge David Cohen. For now, he’s out on bond.
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