Salina Post

SALINA — A Salina man was arrested Saturday afternoon after allegedly beating, sodomizing and holding a 31-year-old woman against her will in a motel room.

Salina Police Capt. Mike Sweeney said Joshua Moore and the woman rented a room at Travelers Lodge, 245 S. Broadway, on Sept. 16.

According to reports, Moore and the woman got into an argument, and Moore allegedly beat the woman, sodomized her, knocked her unconscious on a more than one occasion, and would not allow her to leave the room until Sept. 19. Moore is also alleged to have threaten to cut the throat of the woman with a knife. At one point during the three days, Moore reportedly barricaded the door to the room with a table and chairs. The woman was eventually able to convince Moore to let her go.

The woman took a cab to the emergency room at Salina Regional Health Center and called police.

The woman was treated for bruising over most of her body and a cut lip. She was treated and released.

Moore was arrested Saturday at the room on suspicion of aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated kidnapping,aggravated battery, criminal threats, and aggravated assault.