Ax-Wielding Man Smashes Through Sliding Door Of Rohnert Park Home: DPS

ROHNERT PARK, CA — No one was injured when a man with an ax smashed through the back sliding glass door of a Rohnert Park home Sunday night, police said.

Shortly before 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety dispatchers received a 911 call from a resident in the 400 block of Bruce Avenue who said an unknown man had just broken into his house.

"The subject was armed with an axe, smashed through the back sliding glass door, and gained entry into the home," Rohnert Park DPS Spokesperson J.P. Pritchard said. "The resident was able to exit the home through the front door and call 911."

Officers quickly responded and set up a perimeter around the home. Officers made announcements for the man to exit the residence but after multiple tries, there was no indication the man was going to respond, Pritchard said.

A team of officers then made their way to the front door and could see the man sitting on a couch. They made several more announcements but the man still did not respond.

Officers entered the home and contacted the man, who was no longer armed with the ax and was safely taken into custody without any further incident, Pritchard said.

Rohnert Park DPS identified the man as Tage Allen Leonard Wert, a 43-year-old resident of Groveland, a community 180 miles from Rohnert Park in Tuolumne County.

Wert was arrested on suspicion of one felony count of vandalism and booked into the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility. He remained in custody Monday with his bail set at $10,000.

Rohnert Park DPS thanked the Santa Rosa Police Department, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and Petaluma Police Department for offering additional resources during the incident.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety at 707-584-2600 and refer to case No. 23-1676.