By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A local woman was arrested for allegedly stabbing a Wichita man as he was attempting to exit a vehicle in downtown Salina late Tuesday afternoon.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that officers were sent to the 200 block of E. Iron Avenue at approximately 4:45 p.m. Tuesday for the report of a domestic dispute in a car. He said that a 20-year-old Wichita man and Melissa Baker, 20, of Salina, allegedly were having an argument inside a 2001 Buick Century that Baker was driving on E. Iron Avenue.
Baker pulled over in the 200 block of E. Iron Avenue to let the man out. He told police that at that point, Baker crawled over the console of the car and allegedly attacked him while he was trying to get out. He said she also allegedly stabbed him in his right arm with a pair of scissors. At one point, Baker also allegedly broke his cell phone.
Forrester said the man's injuries were consistent with what he told police.
Baker also was allegedly found to be in possession of a personal use amount of marijuana, Forrester said.
Baker was arrested on the following requested charges, he said.
●Aggravated battery
●Disorderly conduct
●Domestic battery
●Possession of marijuana
●Possession of drug paraphernalia
●Damage to property