A 64-year-old Salina man was arrested after he allegedly wrote his name in setting concrete Monday afternoon.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported this morning that officers were called to the 2600 block of South Ninth Street for the report of damage to property. Once there, an employee of Bar S Construction told the officers that the company had poured a concrete sidewalk there for the City of Salina earlier in the day. A white older male with no shirt on was walking by, stopped, picked up a rock, and scratched his name in the concrete, the construction employee reported.
The concrete was set enough that the entire section would have to be cut out and replaced at a cost of $1,800, Forrester explained.
The construction employee pointed out to the officers a subject standing at the corner of South Ninth Street and Belmont Boulevard as the suspect, Forrester noted. When officers contacted and arrested Jon Geary, 64, of Salina, they found him in possession of marijuana and prescription pills, Forrester explained.
Geary was arrested on suspicion of the following, according to Forrester.
Felony damage to property
Unlawful possession of controlled substances
Possession of marijuana
Possession of drug paraphernalia
No drug tax stamp