SALINA —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Salina man on multiple allegations after an altercation with a police officer.
Just after 10p.m. Thursday, an officer on patrol was in the 200 block of S. Broadway in Salina when he recognized Jeffrey McLemore, a 38-year-old from Salina, walking across the street, according to Salina Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges.
The officer recognized McLemore and knew him to have 6 Salina Municipal Court warrants for his arrest.
The officer made contact with McLemore but the suspect refused to stop. At one point, McLemore turned towards the officer and displayed a pressure washer wand at the officer and said the officer would have to shoot him.
The officer displayed a TASER and Jeffery ran. When the officer caught up to him, Jeffrey attempted to hit the officer in the head with the wand. The officer was able to deflect the strike with his arm. McLemore was arrested on requested charges of Aggravated Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer and Interference with Law Enforcement.
McLemore has previous convictions that include forgery, burglary aggravated battery, aggravated assault, DUI, flee or elude police and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.