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Kan. man charged in Christmas Eve standoff arrested again

Mendenhall III
Mendenhall III

HUTCHINSON – A Kansas man arrested after a domestic incident and nearly six-hour standoff with Hutchinson Police on Christmas Eve was back in court on Monday.

Charles Mendenhall III, 34, Hutchinson, was arrested Sunday in another domestic case.

He faces new charges of two counts of aggravated burglary, battery-domestic violence, violation of a protection from abuse order, battery of a law enforcement officer, felony interference with an officer, criminal restraint and criminal damage-domestic violence.

Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday Mendenhall allegedly broke a window to enter a home at 707 Pierce and then attacked a woman resident.

She tried to leave the home and he pulled her back inside and pinned her to the floor, according to police.

He also struggled with police to the point he had to be tased and was finally taken into custody.

Mendenhall is already facing a charge of kidnapping, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal discharge of a firearm and criminal threat and two counts of aggravated endangerment of a child for the incident on Christmas Eve at that same residence.

He’s jailed on a $100,000 bond and a status hearing on the new charges has been scheduled for Jan. 19. The earlier case is scheduled as a part of a waiver-status docket on Jan. 27.

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