By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A local man was arrested after incidents at the Salina Rescue Mission and Salina Regional Health Center Tuesday night.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that officers were sent to the Salina Rescue Mission, 1716 Summers Road, at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday for the report of an intoxicated man refusing to leave. When they arrived, they found Donald Smith, 61, of Salina, sitting in the front seat of his van in the Mission parking lot.
An officer told Smith that he needed to leave, but he refused. When the officer tried to detain Smith, Smith allegedly slapped the officer's hand away, and a minor scuffle ensued before Smith was taken into custody, Forrester said.
Smith sustained some scrapes on his arm and requested to be taken to the Salina Regional Health Center emergency room, Forrester said. While in the emergency room, Smith allegedly spit in the face of a doctor who was trying to help him.
Smith was arrested on the following requested charges, Forrester said.
●Trespassing
●Interference with a law enforcement officer
●Battery of a law enforcement officer
●Battery
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