A police officer suffered no major organ or muscle damage after being stabbed during an incident Saturday in southwest Salina.
Early Saturday morning, officers were dispatched to the 2100 block of Meadowlark Lane for the report of an intoxicated male knocking on the back door of his ex-girlfriend’s residence. The caller reported the subject was Miguel Tostado, 29, of Salina, according to a news release issued this morning by the Salina Police Department (SPD).
According to the news release, the following happened.
Officers located Tostado walking away from the residence behind several houses. Tostado was ordered to stop but refused and continued walking away. Officer Karl Scheppelmann secured Tostado’s left arm in an attempt to place him into handcuffs. Tostado pulled away and made a swinging motion at Scheppelmann with his right hand. Scheppelmann instantly disengaged and observed Tostado to be now holding a knife in his right hand. Tostado asked officers to shoot him and began walking away. Scheppelmann deployed his Taser at Tostado, striking him in the back, which caused Tostado to fall to the ground and drop the knife, according to the news release. Tostado was then placed into handcuffs.
Once Tostado was in custody, Scheppelmann realized that he had been stabbed in the lower left side of his back. The puncture type wound was approximately two inches wide, according to the SPD release.
Tostado had two active Saline County District Court warrants, one for felony obstruction and one for aggravated failure to appear, as well as an active Salina Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear, the news release noted.
Tostado was arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and felony interference with a law enforcement office, SPD reported in the release.
Scheppelmann was treated and released from the hospital with no major organ or muscle damage, according to the news release. Scheppelmann has been with the Salina Police Department for one year. Prior to joining the SPD, he served in the United States Army.