SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a Kansas man for an alleged violent threats toward an elementary school staff member and police dispatcher in Salina.
Just after 12:30p.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to Sunset Elementary School, 1510 West Republic Avenue in Salina, after a man identified as 39-year-old Chad Everett allegedly threatened a school staff member, according to Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman.
Everett called the school and made contact with a 29-year old male staff member and made a complaint about a parent.
Throughout the call, Everett suddenly became irate with the staff member and voiced threats of physical violence towards him. According to Feldman, there is no evidence of the staff member saying anything that would have angered Everett.
Afterwards, officers were contacted by the school and began to locate Everett as they arrived to his house. However, officers were unable to find him.
Everett then called Salina Police and spoke with a dispatcher. As the dispatcher was trying to get Everett connected with an officer, Everett became angry and threatened to attack the dispatcher.
Everett also voiced racial slurs at the dispatcher during the call, according to Feldman.
At approximately 9:00 pm, officers responded to a home in west Salina where Everett was located and taken into custody.
As they were placing him in a police vehicle, Everett reportedly kicked the door and struck an officer. He was then booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges of Criminal Threat, Harassment by Telecommunication Device and Battery of a Law Enforcement Officer.
Police also determined that Everett was under the influence of alcohol, according to Feldman.