By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
Three northeast Saline County residents were arrested and five children were removed from their custody after an alleged incident that was reported on Tuesday.
Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said this morning that sheriff's office personnel responded Tuesday after a trusted adult reported an incident that allegedly happened on Sunday at a residence in the 2600 block of E. Shipton Road.
"Originally, the deputy went out and took the call, and realized it was going to be something other than just a simple battery case, so he got our investigators involved with that," Melander said.
Saline County Sheriff's Investigator Kody Trower said the incident was originally reported to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Department, which turned it over to Saline County because the location of the alleged incident was within Saline County.
Trower said one of the five children reported the alleged incident to a trusted adult on Tuesday. After hearing the allegations from the child, sheriff's office personnel were required to take into protective custody the other four children at the residence. All of the children are now in the custody of other family members, he said.
As a result of the investigation into the allegations, three adults were arrested on the following requested charges, according to Melander and Trower.
Shawn McHone, 48, of the residence in rural Saline County
●Battery
●Indecent liberties with a child
Falon R. McHone, 40, of the residence in rural Saline County
●Criminal threat
●Abuse of a child
Lindsey N. Whisenhunt, 26, of the residence in rural Saline County
●Assault
●Aggravated battery
Melander said the investigation was ongoing.