By SALINA POST
On Sunday evening, July 28, a 46-year-old woman from Salina called the Salina Police Department (SPD) and reported that someone she knew had harmed her during a domestic dispute.
On Sunday at approximately 8 p.m., SPD officers responded to a domestic disturbance call near Ohio and Magnolia Streets. When officers arrived, they found a 46-year-old woman from Salina in the parking lot of Scooters on Ohio Street.
"She indicated that she got into a domestic at a residence in the 2300 block of Aurora Avenue with someone she's involved with,” said SPD Captain James Feldman. "The victim said that when he [suspect] attempted to leave in a vehicle, she attempted to stop him. She was partially in the vehicle and out of the vehicle."
The male driver and suspect, later identified as Troy Zelfer, 35-year-old of Salina, drove off as the woman victim's leg hung outside of the front passenger side of the vehicle. Zelfer drove the vehicle, dragging the victim's leg for approximately two-tenths of a mile.
"He pulled away with her half in half out, dragging her for a short distance. She did have injuries and abrasions on her right leg and left arm," Feldman said.
Zelfer then drove the vehicle to the Scooters Coffee parking lot, 2055 S Ohio Street, before he left the vehicle and the woman behind. He then walked to the nearby Kwik Shop, where officers apprehended him without incident.
Zelfer faces multiple charges, including aggravated battery and driving with a suspended license. Additionally, he was found to have two outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court.
He was booked into the Saline County Jail.