RENO COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a suspect after a standoff at a home in Hutchinson.
Just before 11:30a.m. Tuesday police responded to the area of the 300 block Logan Street in Hutchinson after Emergency Communications received a 911 call from a woman asking for help. When officers arrived they learned from neighbors that an altercation had occurred at 311 Logan Street where a man was cursing at a woman.
Officers made contact with a woman at 311 Logan Street who reported her ex-boyfriend came into her residence uninvited and was refusing to leave.
The man was identified as 51-year-old Christopher St John of Hutchison.
Officers determined that St John had an absconder warrant for his arrest through the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Officers established verbal communications with St John who barricaded himself in a bathroom and refused to come out. He then started damaging property inside the bathroom and made threats to officers, and it was determined that he had access to weapons .
A perimeter was set, and the Emergency response Team was activated. Lengthy negotiations took place and after nearly 5 hours St John came out of the residence.
St John refused to comply with commands and a police K-9 was deployed to assist in taking St John into custody.
During the event St John became physical with the police K9 but members of the Emergency Response team were able to place him into custody.
St John received medical treatment at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for lacerations. In addition to the KDOC warrant St John was arrested on requested charges of Felony interference with Law Enforcement, Harming a police dog, Criminal Damage to Property, Disorderly Conduct, and Criminal Trespassing.
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HUTCHINSON— Police were called to the area of 3rd and Logan in Hutchinson just before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday for a person barricaded inside a home.
3rd Avenue was closed one block on each side of the scene. This appeared initially to be a domestic disturbance.
SWAT officers, the Sheriff's Office Bearkat and K-9 units were used to take one man into custody shortly after 3:30 p.m.
An ambulance had been called and officers checked to see if any additional people were inside the residence. Hutchinson Police Chief Jeff Hooper said that a woman alerted authorities to a trouble with a subject call.
Police were able to get her out of the home safely but the male subject barricaded himself inside the bathroom. He eventually came out and was subdued by one of the K-9 units before being taken to the hospital for treatment and then into custody. No names has been released at this time but Hooper did say the man is wanted by the US Marshalls Service.
There were no injuries other than to the subject which suffered several bites from the K-9 officer.