Friday, October 17, 2008

Officer John Kersley in Jail for Aggravated Assault

Kansas

A WaKeeney police officer remains in the Trego County jail pending the filing of aggravated assault charges.

Authorities, however, have yet to divulge details surrounding his arrest.

Formal charges have not yet been filed against officer John Kersley, 41, according to WaKeeney Police Chief Terry Eberle. Bond has been set at $50,000. He has been an officer with the WaKeeney Police Department since November 2005, Eberle said.

Kersley was arrested at about 1 a.m. Tuesday in connection with an incident in WaKeeney.

Assistant Trego County Attorney Dave Basgall said he has been given until 10 a.m. Wednesday to file charges in connection with the incident.

Although he said he likely would file the charges before then, he said no additional information would be provided until that happens.

"As soon as charges are filed, if any, we anticipate doing a press release," he said.

Eberle also declined to provide any details concerning the nature of the incident or even where it happened, instead referring questions to Basgall.

Basgall said the Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident.

"I have not seen an official police report yet," Basgall said.

Eberle said Kersley is being kept in isolation in the Trego County jail.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

He caught his girlfriend in bed with another man...sad

Anonymous said...

His girlfriend was in bed with her husband....they both broke up marriages and hurt children....that's whats sad