During a tense standoff last year, deputies say Joshua Libby refused their commands and threatened them with a knife when they tried to arrest him at his home in Mt. Airy. Libby holed up in the house after he allegedly ran his Dodge Ram pickup truck into a neighbor’s chicken house. Deputies say he was drinking.
The standoff lasted more than two hours and finally ended after deputies used a pepper launcher and bean bag round to get Libby to surrender. They arrested him and charged him with multiple offenses.
Now, Libby’s headed to court to answer to the charges against him.
On July 9, the Habersham County Grand Jury indicted Libby for obstruction of an officer, second-degree criminal damage to property, DUI, and reckless driving.
In the indictment, Libby is accused of threatening Habersham County deputies Kris Hall, Zach Oxner, Matt Wurtz, and Floyd Canup on May 23, 2018.
In a press release issued after the alleged incident, Lt. Wurtz said, “Every time Libby crossed in front of the doorway where deputies could see him he would wave a knife at the deputies.”
The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference after Libby’s arrest to demonstrate the non-lethal weapons used to successfully de-escalate the situation.
Libby’s arraignment is scheduled for July 25 in Habersham County Superior Court.
