RILEY COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect following an altercation in Manhattan.
Just after 4a.m. Tuesday, officers filed for battery in the 200 block of N. 9th Street in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department activity report.
A 24-year-old man reported a 40-year-old man slapped him and bit him in the face. When officers arrived and attempted to place the suspect under arrest, he resisted by physically fighting the officers.
Police arrested Wendell Parrish of Manhattan on requested charges of battery, battery on LEO, and interference with LEO. He remains confined in the Riley County Jail with a total bond of $7,000.