Jun 20, 2024

SPD arrests Salina man for threatening relative with hammer

Posted Jun 20, 2024 1:32 PM

By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Lead Reporter - Salina Post

On Monday afternoon, someone concerned for a person they knew called Salina Police Department (SPD) officers and requested a welfare check at a residence in the 400 block of Montrose Street.

SPD Capt. James Feldman said once officers arrived, the 63-year-old female victim reported that 61-year-old Anthony Bowman allegedly threatened her with a hammer.

"She reported that there was a disturbance between her and a relative and during that disturbance, they got into an argument over 'trivial things,' is what she said," Feldman said. "[Bowman], who lives at the residence, threatened that he was going to strike her with a hammer, and he displayed the hammer to her."

Officers then talked to Bowman for further information, and after determining that he had threatened the victim, officers took him into custody. Upon further investigation into the home, Feldman said officers found a hammer in Bowman's bedroom.

After arrest, officers requested charges for aggravated assault and criminal threat.

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