HUTCHINSON – Law enforcement authorities in Reno County are investigating a Kansas man for alleged kidnapping, burglary and battery.

Michael Meeks, 46, Hutchinson, was arrested just after 10:30 a.m. Sunday for allegedly entering a home in the 300 block of West 14th Street in Hutchinson and battering three residents.

Sheriff’s deputies say Michael Meeks, 46, is alleged to have battered two of victims by choking them.

He was also alleged to have forced one of the home’s residents into his truck and took her to the Wichita area.

Sedgwick County Sheriff Deputies allegedly found him at a residence in Haysville according to statements made in court.

Meeks faces potential charges of aggravated kidnapping, three counts of aggravated burglary, battery and battery-domestic violence.

He has prior convictions for two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, criminal restraint in a case from 2012.

He also has prior convictions for violation of a protective order and flee and elude for a separate case from 2012

Bond in the new case is set at $137,500 and he is expected back in court on February 29 for the reading of formal charges.