By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A local man with known felony warrants was apprehended by K-9 Tyrann after leading police on a chase through part of south Salina early Sunday.
Officers were sent to the Country Inn and Suites, 2760 S. Ninth Street at approximately 12:10 a.m. Sunday for the report of a disorderly subject.
An employee reported that someone named "Jayreece" was being disorderly. Officers believed the man to be Jayreece Jones, 26, of Salina, as they had dealt with him at the hotel previously, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning.
A Saline County Sheriff's deputy saw Jones walking in the 2800 block of S. Ninth Street. When the deputy attempted to talk with Jones, he fled eastbound across S. Ninth Street, through a field, and over a fence toward Highland Avenue, Forrester said.
A K-9 officer responded to the 2800 block of Highland and K-9 Tyrann began tracking for Jones, who was found hiding in some bushes on the south side of a residence on Highland Avenue.
Forrester said Jones refused to come out of the bushes so K-9 Tyrann was sent in to apprehend him.
Jones sustained superficial scratches from being bitten on his leg, Forrester said.
Jones was arrested on the two felony warrants from Saline County District Court - one for a probation violation and the other for a financial crime - and on a requested charge of felony obstruction, Forrester said.