SALINA – Law enforcement authorities in Salina have arrested a suspect in connection with Monday morning incident in which two officers were nearly struck by a vehicle.
Just before 7:30 a.m. on Monday, two uniformed Salina Police officers were investigating a stabbing case and walking across the 200 block of West Harsh Avenue , according to a media release.
A white 1992 Honda Accord turned eastbound onto Harsh from 8th Street. The vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed and kept accelerating as it approached the officers. The officers quickly moved out of the way and shouted and motioned for the driver to stop.
The vehicle passed by at about 40 miles per hour and the officers observed a man driving and a woman passenger.
The vehicle proceeded across 7th Street and through the intersection of Santa Fe and Harsh at approximately 60 miles per hour.
As the vehicle reached the 1400 block of North 3rd Street, the driver stopped and fled the area on foot and the passenger, Kimberly French, 36, of Salina, remained.
Jesse Rick, 36, of Salina was apprehended in a field east of the 1600 block of North 5th Street. A silver colored set of digital scales and personal use methamphetamine were found in the immediate area.
Upon searching the vehicle, officers located personal use marijuana. Officers also located a black case containing a smoking pipe with residue.
Charges of two counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, kidnapping, felony obstruction, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended driver’s license are being requested against Rick.
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SALINA- Law enforcement authorities in Saline County were at the scene of a Monday morning stabbing and nearly struck by a another vehicle.
Just after 7 a.m. on Monday as an officer arriving at the scene of a stabbing in a north Salina neighborhood turned his vehicle to park, another driver in the area apparently thought the officer was attempting to pull him over.
The driver fled the area at a high rate of speed. Two officers on nearby on foot motioned for the vehicle to stop and were nearly hit.
A short pursuit ensued and ended at dead end on North 3rd Street.
The vehicle drove behind a nearby farmhouse and crashed.
The driver fled on foot and left a female passenger behind.
Police a short time arrested the driver later.
Paramedics responded to the scene to check on the passenger, who was 8 months pregnant. She was not hurt.
Officers found drug paraphernalia in the suspect’s vehicle, according to police The driver could face multiple drug charges and from the pursuit as well as aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer.
The chase was not related to the earlier stabbing, according to police. Details on that have not been released.