By JIM BUTLER

Hardy Dunn Jr. blinked.

Dunn, 45, of Boyce, a convicted felon wanted on several violence-related charges, had apparently told parties he would not be taken into custody.

Sheriff detectives last week turned information on where Dunn, in hiding since November, might be and a SWAT unit went calling at a house in the Rapides Station area.

Dunn surrendered to the assembled force without incident and is in jail under $261,000 bail.

He is charged with two counts of aggravated battery with firearms, two counts of domestic abuse battery, cruelty to the infirm, two counts of theft, criminal trespass and criminal damage.

Details of the alleged actions are not public record but it appears the alleged victims were, unlike the arresting force, unable to defend themselves.

Dunn has not been in parish lockup since the summer of 2021, when booked on drug possession charges, alleged possession of a firearm by convicted felon, contempt and parole violation.