By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
Salina Police Department officers arrested 29-year-old Salina resident Jesci Kent for stabbing a man in the leg with a barbecue fork.
A friend of the 34-year-old victim called SPD from out of state and reported a disturbance at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, due to a phone call from the victim earlier.
According to SPD Capt. James Feldman, while on the phone with the friend, Kent and the victim began arguing in a residence in the 1400 block of Derby Street in town until it escalated into battery.
"During that argument, he was stabbed in the right leg with a barbecue fork," Feldman said. "Officers made contact with Jesci Kent, and she was arrested for aggravated battery, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property."
Feldman said officers requested charges for criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor, due to the rips in the victim's pant leg from the large fork.