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Called to investigate a disturbance at a motel at 2019 E. Third St. about 9:40 p.m. on Sept. 6, state troopers wanted to question Michael Willi Wright Jr., but he was locked in a room by himself and refused to open the door, according to an affidavit. After seeing Wright "consume several pills" through a window, troopers managed to get a key that allowed them to partially open the door and wedge a baton in the opening, police said. "Wright used the door's interior latch to prevent the door from being opened fully. He was yelling and causing a disturbance," a trooper wrote in the court document. Wright, 32, of 685 Fourth Ave., was seen putting a large knife to his throat, police said, adding that he began to move furniture to barricade the door. With the knife, he "began slashing the baton that was wedged in the door," it was stated in the affidavit. Troopers eventually entered the room and detained Wright, who was taken by ambulance to UPMC Williamsport for evaluation. Wright was arraigned Monday before District Judge Gary Whiteman on charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, and jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail.