Bremerton police officers forcibly entered a second-floor apartment on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 6, after a man, allegedly using methamphetamine, broke the glass out of a second-floor window and held a baby outside several times. The baby was taken safely into protective custody and the man has been jailed.

Officers responded to a report of an unknown problem at the apartments at 145 Bloomington Ave. at 4:42 a.m. early Saturday morning. Officers arrived to find a man, later identified as Adam David Patten, 43, sweating profusely and shouting while holding a six-month-old baby aloft outside a broken second-floor window. Shards of glass pointed upward from the bottom of the window, as well as from the outside stairs directly below the window. Officers determined that the man was the child’s father, and the mother was still inside the apartment, screaming for the Patten to put the infant down.

While one officer attempted to negotiate with Patten from the ground, two other officers tried to get the woman to open the door. Police say she said Patten was refusing to put the baby down and he had placed metal bars across the front door preventing her from opening it.

Police say Patten was shouting, “You’re going to have to kill me!” and “You aren’t taking my baby!”

Officers kicked in the door and found that it had been reinforced with bars of some sort. They were able to finally kick a hole in the middle portion of the door and crawl through.

Police say Patten was now inside the apartment and officers located him sitting on the floor holding the baby tightly against his chest. Officers pried Patten’s arms apart while the baby screamed and got the infant away from him.  While one officer held the child, police say Patten began fighting with the officers and resisting arrest. Deputies from the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office responded to assist and a Taser was eventually used to control the suspect.

Patten was handcuffed and taken to Harrison Medical Center for treatment. Patten allegedly told officers he had been using meth and was “high and strung out.”  A meth pipe was recovered from his pocket. After being treated at the hospital, Patten was transported to the Kitsap County Jail and held for felony assault, resisting arrest, possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

“Sometimes officers have to make split-second decisions and ffficers Frank Shaw, Chris Faidley and Matt Thuring very likely saved a life with their quick actions,” said Bremerton Police Chief Steve Strachan.