By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Salina teen was arrested Saturday after he allegedly attempted to solicit acquaintances to do harm to his stepfather.
Salina Police Interim Patrol Captain David Villanueva said this morning that a 43-year-old Salina man was notified by other people that Joseph T. Moran, 18, Salina, was attempting to solicit acquaintances to do bodily harm to the 43-year-old with an edged weapon. The solicitation attempts were made via social media.
Moran was arrested Saturday evening on the following requested charges, Villanueva said.
●Criminal threat
●Criminal solicitation
●Criminal use of weapons
Villanueva said a software glitch caused Moran's requested charges to include murder instead of the solicitation charge in the Saline County Jail booking information released Sunday morning.