By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
On Saturday evening, a 27-year-old Salina resident broke a protection order and battered his previous partner before Salina Police Department officers arrested him later that night.
At the 700 block of South Second Street, SPD officers visited a residence at about 5:30 p.m. where a 38-year-old Salina woman reported 27-year-old Cody Jones for kicking in her door, which hit her 10-year-old child and allegedly becoming aggressive.
"He confronted her, there was an argument, and he ended up pushing her and battered her," said SPD Capt. James Feldman. "Then, he ended up throwing a computer, damaging it and then stole her Samsung phone and then also grabbed a security camera and threw it against the wall, breaking it."
Feldman said officers valued the total damage at around $1,050, with the stolen phone at an additional $250. The victim also had some visible evidence of injury through slight redness around her neck.
When officers arrived at the residence, Jones had already fled the area.
SPD officers later found Jones around 9 p.m. at the Salina Inn on Westport Boulevard. Feldman said officers found Jones outside the hotel building hiding behind some mattresses.
Officers arrested Jones without incident and requested charges for aggravated burglary, criminal damage to property, domestic battery, violation of a protection order, theft and simple battery.
The door strike did not injure the child, and the victim had no injuries that required immediate treatment.
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