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An Indianola man has been arrested after confronting officers with multiple firearms in front of his residence Tuesday morning. According to the Indianola Police Department, at approximately 9:10am officers responded to a report of a man acting erratically in the area of South P street and West 2nd Avenue. As officers arrived, the man retreated into his home and emerged with a rifle. After officers gave commands to put down the weapon, the man who was later identified as 29-year-old Richard Biesemeyer, complied and put down his rifle, but retreated into his home and emerged with two handguns. After again complying with police commands to put down the weapons, Biesemeyer again tried to retreat into his home was but taken into custody by the officers. Biesemeyer was arrested and charged with one count of interference with official acts and two counts of intimidation with a dangerous weapon, a class C felony.