SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating one suspect and continue a search for another in connection with a home invasion robbery.

A Saline County Sheriff’s deputy arrested Thaddeus Hopkins, 28, on a warrant Thursday afternoon, according to
Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

Hopkins was identified as one of two men that entered a home in the 300 block of South College just before 8:30 p.m. on September 23rd.

Police say a resident of the home, a man in his 30’s, answered a knock at the door and allowed Hopkins and an unidentified white male inside.

The man was then pistol whipped and robbed. He suffered several abrasions to the head and face, but did not require treatment.

Sweeney said the two men took a substantial amount of cash and a Samsung cellular phone from the home.
Hopkins was booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges including aggravated assault, aggravated robbery, battery, felony theft and aggravated burglary.