A late night “sermon” got a local man arrested Friday.

According to police documents, Troy Jenkins was shouting religious statements at about 10:30 Friday night on W. Yucca Lane. When MPD officers arrived to place him under arrest for disorderly conduct, the situation quickly escalated.

“When the officer went to place Troy Jenkins under arrest he tensed up and pulled away from officers,” the police form said. “Troy was armed with a handgun with three magazines with 50-plus rounds of ammunition and one AR-15 (rifle) magazine. Troy was wearing a plate carrier with rifle-rated armor plates. When the firearm was removed from his person, he took a karate style fighting stance and proclaimed, ‘I do not need a pistol to kill.’”

Jenkins continued to disregard police commands and actively resisted arrest, even after MPD employed Tasers and a K-9 officer. Multiple officers were required to subdue and handcuff Jenkins due to his “active resistance.”

He only stopped resisting after medical personnel on the scene administered a sedative. The arresting officers received minor injuries in the scuffle.

Jenkins has been charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.