FRANKLIN TWP. -- Police officers disarmed a man as he attempted to slash his own throat Saturday afternoon.

Franklin Township police responded to Rita Fiola Lane in the Iona Trailer Park shortly after noon following a call from a woman who said she was conducting a survey in the neighborhood and had spotted a man bleeding from the neck and arms.

Sgt. Gordon Muller, Cpl. Michael Marsh and Officer Jeffrey McGuigan spotted the man as he ran into a home and locked the door. He refused their requests to come outside and threatened to harm himself.

Officer spotted the man through a window and saw he had what appeared to be self-inflicted cuts to his neck and arms.

A family member arrived to assist, but was unable to coax the man from the house.

While officers were speaking to the man through an open window, he began to cut his neck with a box cutter knife.

An officer grabbed his arm through the window and took the knife while the other officers forced their way into the home.

The man was transported to a hospital for crisis evaluation.

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