By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Cuba, Kan., man allegedly shut down the electricity to half of a hotel and ended up in the hospital after an incident in west Salina late Tuesday afternoon.
Officers and EMS were dispatched to Spangles, 1720 W. Crawford Street, at approximately 5 p.m. Tuesday for the report of a person who had been shocked elsewhere and was covered in burns, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning.
Forrester said the man, identified as Jay Kroulik, 44, of Cuba, Kan., had walked to the Spangles parking lot seeking help after he allegedly removed a fuse from an Evergy transformer box behind Value Inn & Suites, 1640 W. Crawford Street, and was shocked. The fuse was found on the ground near the transformer box.
The removal of the fuse caused electricity to go out in half of the Value Inn & Suites building, Forrester said. An Evergy crew restored power to the building.
Kroulik was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center with burns over approximately 30 percent of his body, Forrester said. It is believed that Kroulik was later transferred to a burn unit in Wichita, however Forrester said he did not have details about that.
Forrester said Kroulik was arrested on the following requested charges.
●Trespassing
●Theft