By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities arrested a Kansas man after an alleged incident involving a mini-sledgehammer.
On Monday evening, officers were sent to Salina Regional Health Center, 400 S. Santa Fe Avenue, for the report of a woman who was injured in an alleged altercation on Saturday with 42-year-old Jason Hudson of Salina, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester.
The 37-year-old woman and her 23-year-old boyfriend were sitting in her 2000 Chevrolet Suburban when Hudson, who was known to them, approached the passenger side, where the boyfriend was sitting. A verbal argument ensued and Hudson allegedly went back to his vehicle, got a three-pound mini-sledgehammer, and returned to the passenger side of the Suburban.
Hudson allegedly broke the passenger-side window with the mini-sledgehammer and swung it inside the Suburban, striking the woman. Forrester said the woman had gone to the hospital because of injuries she allegedly received in the incident, and that those injuries were consistent with what she told police about the alleged incident.
Forrester said Hudson also showed up at the hospital and was arrested requested charges of Aggravated battery, Aggravated assault and Criminal damage to property.
Hudson has over a dozen previous convictions that include theft, burglary, aggravated burglary, aggravated failure to appear, driving while suspended and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections
The passenger-side window on the Suburban also sustained $250 worth of damage.