By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A local man was arrested early this morning after he allegedly entered a north Salina apartment without permission and attempted to lock out the man who lives there.
Officers were sent to the 200 block of N. 10th Street at approximately 1:28 a.m. Tuesday. When they arrived, they found two men wrestling in the front yard. One was a neighbor who was trying to hold the other man, identified as Matthew Reynard, 43, of Salina, until the police arrived, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning.
According to Forrester, Reynard allegedly approached a 56-year-old Salina man, who was sitting on his front porch and asked him for a cigarette. Reynard then allegedly entered the man's apartment and locked the door.
The man had a spare key and was able to enter the apartment, where he saw Reynard holding his Samsung Galaxy A13 cellphone, some Thinsulate gloves, and a backpack, Forrester said. The items were valued at approximately $250. The man also noticed that all of the electronics in his apartment had been unplugged.
Forrester said the neighbor, a 32-year-old Salina man, who reported the incident to police, got involved when he allegedly saw via his Ring camera that Reynard was looking in his mailbox. When he went outside to investigate, he found out from the 56-year-old that Reynard had entered his apartment and locked the door.
Forrester said that Reynard was arrested on the following requested charges.
●Aggravated burglary
●Theft