By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
Early Saturday morning, Salina Police Department officers reported to the Pilot Travel Center on North Ninth Street for an Abilene resident lying unconscious outside the business.
Around 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 24, SPD officers found 24-year-old Dylan Wade Woodcox asleep outside the travel center.
Officers transported Woodcox to Salina Regional Health Center for treatment. SPD Capt. Mike Miller said as officers were attempting to determine the subject's identity, they allegedly found evidence of drug use.
"Officers located a baggie of methamphetamine and another baggie of some unknown substance," Miller said. "At the hospital, the subject was going to be released, so officers went to take him into custody — they put a handcuff on him, a fight broke out, and he ended up running from the hospital in possession of a set of police department handcuffs."
After a short four-block chase, officers arrested Woodcox in the 600 block of South 10th Street. Miller said the handcuffs stolen from officers were also damaged, adding to Woodcox's requested charges.
SPD took Woodcox into custody and requested charges for possession of a narcotic, interference with a law enforcement officer, robbery, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal property damage.
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