SALINA – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a suspect for allegedly threatening a woman with a knife.

Police say Douglas Burdine, 26, Salina, went to a home of a woman he knew on Thursday afternoon and held a knife to her throat.

Burdine then allegedly pushed the woman into the house. She cried for help and left through a back door of the residence.

A neighbor heard her scream and called police.

Burdine was arrested and faces charges of battery, criminal restraint and aggravated assault.

He has previous convictions in Pawnee County for Domestic Battery, Criminal Threat and for writing worthless checks, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.