Michael Dempsey, 20, was taken into custody two hours after police first ordered him out of the apartment that Boyer exited, according to the report.
Dempsey was wanted for a warrant out of Greene County. He is in jail on a charge of obstructing justice, a fourth-degree felony, according to jail records.
UPDATE @ 11:28 p.m.: A report about a man armed with a machete who was chasing people ended Monday night with police detaining several people, including one who came to the attention of police because of the Deputy Suzanne Hopper Act.
Dayton Lt. Mark Ponichtera said that after police detained several people in an apartment in the 4900 block of Woodman Park Drive because of the weapons call, they discovered the other man was wanted through the Hopper Act, which went into effect Jan. 1.
The act requires courts to notify police about violent offenders with a mental illness. The information is submitted to police for entry into a national crime database when a court orders a person convicted of a violent offense to be evaluated or treated for mental illness, or when a court approves a conditional release of a person found not guilty by reason of insanity or found incompetent for trial.
The database, accessible only by law enforcement agencies, is intended to inform police officers about suspects who have a history of violence and mental illness. It includes only the names of those entered beginning in January.
Ponichtera said that information caused police to use extra caution in detaining that second man, who was not involved in the accusations about the machete but had access to the weapon that was in the apartment when police arrived.
No one was injured, the lieutenant said.
He said the investigation into the accusations about the machete is continuing.
The Hopper Act was named for the Clark County sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed in the line of duty in January 2011 at the Enon Beach Campground.
EARLIER: Police deployed with their guns drawn, along with at least one K-9 unit, at an apartment building in the 4900 block of Woodman Park Drive for a man reportedly brandishing a machete or very large knife.
We're told that Dayton police on scene have less-lethal weapons (bean bag rounds, for example).
They were dispatched at about 8 p.m.
We have a crew on scene. We'll update this story as we get details.
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