By SALINA POST
A Salina man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after attempting to break into a residence and shed on South Delaware Avenue, according to Salina Police Captain James Feldman.
At approximately 1 p.m., officers were sent to a home in the 100 block of South Delaware after a 46-year-old female resident reported a suspicious individual at her front door.
"She indicated that someone had come to her front door and rang her doorbell she saw the male on her camera and decided not to answer," Feldman said.
The man, later identified as Brent Corwin, 44, of Salina, allegedly walked around the back of the house and attempted to enter through the back door.
"He then went to a detached shed in the back and entered," Feldman said. "The victim believed he had a knife.
The woman called SPD to report a crime had taken place. When officers arrived they located Corwin nearby, in the area of Connecticut and Stapler Streets. He was taken into custody without incident, but officers did not locate the knife the victim described seeing.
During a search of Corwin, officers discovered methamphetamine and a pipe used for smoking the drug. He was also found to have a probation violation warrant out of Marion County.
Corwin was arrested and charged with burglary for entering the shed without permission, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and failure to display a drug tax stamp, as the amount of methamphetamine found exceeded one gram.
Corwin told officers he was looking for a gas can, claiming his car had run out of fuel, though no stolen items were reported from the scene.