By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A local man with multiple active warrants was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly ran from police at a south Salina hotel.
Officers were sent to the Rodeway Inn & Suites, 3932 S. Ninth Street, at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday for the report of a person trespassing, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. Officers were told that the man was wearing a blue jacket and was believed to be on the third floor. Hotel personnel told officers that the man had been told on Monday that he was not to be in the hotel.
When officers made contact with several people on the third floor, they were told that the man was seen headed for the north stairwell. Forrester said an officer was stationed near the north door. A man in a blue jacket came out and initially gave the officer a false name, Forrester said. The man then went around to the front and attempted to enter the front door, despite the officer telling him not to do so.
Forrester said the officer attempted to detain the man, later identified as Evan Markley, 37, of Salina, but Markley ran. Markley was taken into custody as he approached S. Ninth Street.
Forrester said Markley was arrested on a requested charge of interference with a law enforcement officer and on the following three active warrants.
●A failure to appear warrant from Salina Municipal Court
●A probation violation warrant from Saline County District Court
●A probation violation warrant from Barton County