By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A man has been arrested in connection to two alleged incidents including one in which a knife was pointed at a teen in downtown Salina Wednesday afternoon.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that a 17-year-old Salina boy reported on Wednesday that he was putting his bicycle in his pickup in the 100 block of N. Seventh Street when a Black man with a knife approached him and demanded cigarettes. The teen told the man that he didn't have any cigarettes and asked the man not to hurt him. When the incident was reported to local media last week, the victim's age was not included.
On Thursday, the teen saw the man again in the 100 block of N. Seventh Street. Forrester said the teen was scared and went into the back door of Vernon Jewelers of Salina, 123 S. Santa Fe Avenue. He later reported the incident.
Later, at approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the 400 block of W. Prescott Avenue, a 40-year-old Salina man reported seeing a suspicious man on his property. The suspicious person was looking in the man's vehicle and in a neighbor's vehicle, Forrester said.
Based on the description given, the suspicious person, identified as LeJuan Henderson, 38, was located near the intersection of S. Ninth Street and Charles Street, Forrester said. Officers attempted to detain Henderson and a brief struggle ensued.
Henderson was arrested on requested charges of criminal trespass and interference with law enforcement officers, Forrester said.
Later, after reviewing surveillance video from the W. Prescott Avenue area and the 100 block of N. Seventh Street from Thursday, police determined that Henderson also was allegedly involved in the knife incident downtown, as the same person with the same clothing was seen in surveillance video from both locations, Forrester said.
On Friday, Henderson was arrested at Salina Grace, 142 S. Seventh Street, in connection to the knife incident from Wednesday, Forrester said. When arrested, Henderson allegedly was found to be in possession of a four-inch, fixed-blade knife. Forrester said Henderson was arrested this time on the following requested charges.
●Attempted aggravated robbery
●Obstruction