By NATE KING
Salina Post
Salina Police Department (SPD) officers reported to a residence located in the 400 block of Baker Street on Monday after a 34-year-old Salina woman called 911 after a man choked and bit her.
Feldman said officers arrived at the scene on Monday, July 8 at 5 p.m.
"She indicated that she had an associate and that he had been at the residence," said SPD Cpt. James Feldman. "She left one of the rooms, when she heard glass breaking in another room."
When she came out of the room, she had her cell phone in her hand. The associate came up and ripped it out of her hands, Feldman said.
SPD later identified the man as 29-year-old Joseph Daulton.
The 34-year-old woman became afraid of Daulton and began to hit him so she could run away. She then went to another room, and he followed her.
"He told her she would not be leaving. She put her shoes on and said she needed to drink," Feldman said. "He then came up around from behind her, put his arm around her neck and choked her. She had difficulty breathing. As he continued, he ended up biting her ear and the left side of her back."
Daulton told the woman he would return her phone if she did not call the police.
"She was still not let out of the room. She again asked for a drink," Feldman said. "She attempted to get out of the bathroom window, when he grabbed her and pulled her back in."
According to the report from the SPD, Daulton allowed her to go into another room to talk. She told Daulton she was leaving. He responded by grabbing her from behind again and bit her on the cheek.
"She then grabbed a rod and hit him and kicked him to get him away from her. She grabbed her bag and got outside, where she called the police," Feldman said.
Daulton was not at the scene when officers arrived Monday evening.
"We tried to locate him, but he had left before our arrival," Feldman said. "Yesterday [July 9] at around 7 p.m. We had information he [Daulton] was in the 200 block of North Phillips."
Officers found Daulton at the residence and took him into custody without incident.
Daulton was booked into the Saline County Jail with the following requested charges: aggravated domestic battery, robbery, kidnapping, criminal restraint, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property