ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man in connection with an alleged assault on a 79-year-old victim.
Just before 9a.m. Monday, police responded to a disturbance at a home in the 700 Block of North 2nd Street in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.
Police determined that during the disturbance property was damaged and a 79-year-old was a victim of battery by a family member.
Police located the 24-year-old family member suspect identified as Alexander Kelley outside the residence. When officers confronted Kelley, he was holding a pipe which he swung at officers as he was being arrested.
Police booked him into jail on requested charges of domestic battery, criminal damage to property, interference with law enforcement, and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.