HUTCHINSON — The man arrested after a domestic incident and nearly six-hour standoff with Hutchinson Police on Christmas Eve made a first court appearance on Monday.

Charles Mendenhall III faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, criminal threat and two counts of aggravated endangerment of a child.

He was taken into custody without incident Thursday following the standoff after the alleged woman victim inside the residence in the 700 Block of Pierce Street was released unharmed.

There were some children in the home when the violence started around 6:30 a.m., but they apparently left the home and the daughter contacted police.

She told police that she woke to the sound of dishes breaking and then saw the defendant pointing a gun to her mother’s head.

She said one the suspect threatened to blow her mother’s brains out. According to statements made in court, he may have also fired the weapon at least three times.

Mendenhall is jailed on a $113,000 bond and a request to have the bond lowered was denied. He’ll be back in court on January 5, to see if the state has filed formal charges.