(Photo courtesy: Saline County Sheriff’s Office)
SALINA, Kan. — A Salina police officer is recovering after being stabbed this weekend as he tried to make an arrest.
Television station KAKE reports that the incident happened early Sunday morning, just after midnight, as the officer was making an arrest. Police say a fight ensued with the suspect, later identified as Miguel Alberto Tostado. Police say Tostado stabbed the officer in the torso with a knife and tried to flee, but was quickly captured. Police say Tostado was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer and other counts. He’s being held in the Salina County Jail.
The officer, who has not been named, was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.
