Police are investigating the early morning slashing of an above-ground pool in west Salina Wednesday.
Clifford Dickey, 49, of Salina, told police that at approximately 3:50 a.m. Wednesday, he was awakened and saw on a security camera feed a white male entering his backyard, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. Dickey told police that the man was on the north side of his residence in the 900 block of Seneca, and that after a few minutes, the man exited the backyard.
Dickey went out then and didn't find anything amiss, however, later, when it was daylight, he discovered five 1.5-inch-wide slits cut in the pool, Forrester said.
Security video showed a white male in white shirt, green and white hat, and dark pants in the yard. The man had a large, fixed-blade knife in a sheath on his belt.
Forrester said the damage was estimated at $2,100.