SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on multiple charges after
Just after 4a.m. Thursday, the Shawnee County Emergency Communication Center received a 911 call of an unknown person with a flashlight had been near the caller’s barn in the 10000 block of SW Auburn Road, according to a media release.
When deputies arrived, they found a man later identified as 26-year-old Jonathan D. Veach of Topeka hiding under an ATV in the caller’s barn. He was wielding a sword.
After Veach refused to comply with commands, deputies seized the sword and attempted to arrest him. However, he continued to ignore commands and a taser was used to safely arrest him, according to the release.
Veach was booked into the Shawnee Co. Dept. of Corrections on requested charges of criminal trespass and interference with law enforcement.