By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Salina man was arrested Monday afternoon after he allegedly threatened two women and a dog.
Officers were sent to a residence in the 600 block of Charles Street at noon on Monday for the report of a disturbance. They made contact with a 55-year-old woman who said Joseph Johnson, 35, of Salina, called her at work and told her he was inside her residence, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. Johnson was not supposed to be in the residence.
The woman returned home and she and a 45-year-old female neighbor entered the residence, where they found Johnson armed with a hammer and allegedly threatening to kill the woman's dog, Forrester said.
A physical altercation ensued. Johnson allegedly shoved both women to the ground and threatened them, Forrester said. When officers arrived, both women had exited the residence.
The woman who lives in the residence went back inside to get her dog and found Johnson armed with both a hammer and a crowbar, Forrester said. Johnson allegedly came at the woman, but she was able to escape from the house.
While in the residence, Johnson allegedly broke a four-foot-by-three-foot window and put two circular indentations in a kitchen countertop. Total damage was estimated at $650.
When officers entered the residence, they found Johnson in the kitchen with the hammer, Forrester said. Officers had to tase and pepper spray Johnson in order to take him into custody, he added.
Johnson was arrested on the following requested charges, according to Forrester.
●Two counts of aggravated burglary
●Domestic battery
●Battery
●Criminal damage to property
●Two counts of criminal threat
●Two counts of aggravated assault
●Felony interference with a law enforcement officer
●Three counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer