A Salina man with a outstanding warrant was arrested on suspicion of assault on a law enforcement officer after an incident in the central part of the city Saturday afternoon.
Officers were sent to the area behind the Community Theater at 4:10 p.m. Saturday for a report that Cody Espinosa, 37, of Salina, who had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, was there, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported this morning. Upon arrival, the officers were not able to locate Espinosa behind the theater and began looking in the area for him, Forrester noted.
According to Forrester, an officer located Espinosa in the 100 block of South Fourth Street, and as the officer parked his patrol car, Espinosa took off running. Espinosa ran along an alley between Fourth and Fifth streets. The officer yelled for Espinosa to stop, but he continued and ran around a corner of a building, Forrester noted. As the officer turned the corner, Espinosa stopped, turned back to face the officer, pulled a cell phone out, and threw it in the direction of the officer, Forrester explained. The cell phone sailed over the officer’s head, he added.
Espinosa was then arrested on the probation violation warrant and on suspicion of assault of a law enforcement office and interference with a law enforcement officer, Forrester reported.