Deputies were called to a vacant residence Wednesday afternoon around 3:20 p.m. for a trespasser.

When deputies arrived to the home on Primrose Avenue near Main Street and Panama Road, they found a suspect holding a knife in a bedroom. The suspect refused verbal commands to comply for an hour.

Deputies disarmed the suspect using less than lethal force, however  he still physically resisted arrest against the deputies and K9.

The suspect was arrested and treated for moderate injuries on scene before being transported to Kern Medical.

The suspect, 31-year-old Mauricio Hernandez was arrested for assault on a police K9, delaying an investigation, physically resisting a peace officer, trespassing, and brandishing a weapon at a peace officer.

Hernandez was also booked into jail fort his outstanding misdemeanor warrant.