BAINBRIDGE – A Bainbridge man charged with assaulting his wife after a three-hour standoff Thursday had another recent run-in with the law – he was arrested less than two weeks ago for two violent felonies, kidnapping and armed burglary.

Michael D. Richardson, 33, surrendered to police negotiators outside his residence Thursday in the Village of Bainbridge and was later charged with felony second degree assault.

State Police responded to the Thursday’s incident in force, knowing of Richardson’s recent arrest for multiple violent felonies.

“We are familiar with this subject and about 10 days ago this individual was arrested for second degree kidnapping,” said New York State Police Captain James E. Barnes after troopers had taken Richardson into custody.

Bainbridge Police Chief Casey Caratelli discussed an incident that occurred recently involving Richardson. He recalled its details Thursday and provided a copy of a statement issued to local media outlets Dec. 1.

The Village of Bainbridge Court issued a warrant for Richardson’s arrest on Nov. 23 for charges of first degree burglary, second degree kidnapping and second degree criminal mischief, all felony-level offenses.

Caratelli said Richardson’s wife, the same victim allegedly involved in Thursday’s incident, had come to the police station looking for help after she claimed she had been assaulted in a domestic violence incident.

When she was unwilling to press charges or cooperate with an investigation, Chief Caratelli said officers were unable to make an arrest. A few days later, the woman, whom Caratelli said has sole custody of the couple’s four children, took them to her mother’s house without telling Richardson.

Caratelli said Richardson apparently grew angry when his wife and children didn’t come home and went to his mother-in-law’s house in search of his family, armed with an 8-inch kitchen knife.

No one was home when he arrived and he allegedly kicked in the home’s front door. He then reportedly entered the home armed with the knife, an action which led to the first degree burglary charge.

Caratelli said Richardson slashed at furniture and walls, threw a chair into a window, smashed a plasma television with a coffee table, tore the door off a refrigerator, tipped over the stove and raged through the home, causing over $10,000 in damages. Police said they took several photographs of the damage during their investigation.