MIAMI COUNTY – Former Osawatomie Police Department Chief of Police Robert Butters was arrested Thursday on charges that the Miami County Attorney filed, stemming from an incident on Tuesday in Osawatomie, according to a media release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Butters was arrested for Aggravated Intimidation of a Witness, Attempted Interference with a Law Enforcement Officer, and Possession of a Firearm While Under the Influence of Alcohol and or Drugs.

Butters is being held on a $250,000 bond in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The Miami County Sheriff’s Office, Osawatomie Police Department, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation continue to investigate this matter

No further information was released in order to preserve the sanctity of this investigation, according to the KBI.