SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a September home invasion robbery in Salina have a suspect in custody.
Over the weekend, the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office notified the Salina Police Department that they had captured 41-year-old Phyroom “Thaloe” Ketkan of Salina.
Just before 9:30p.m. September 19, police were dispatched to the 300 block of North Penn Avenue in Salina, regarding an armed robbery.
Three victims inside the home reported two subjects entered the back door unannounced and demanded money. One of the suspects threatened the victims with a long gun, while the second suspect was in possession of a knife.
While trying to disarm the suspects, one of the victims was stabbed with the knife. The suspects fled the area prior to police arrival.
A Saline County District Court issued an arrest warrant for Ketkan. He remains jailed in Sedgwick County on over $300,000 in bonds, according to online jail records.
Ketkan will be returned to Salina to face requested charges that include Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Burglary and Aggravated Battery, according to Salina Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges.
The incident affected four victims who reported two suspects invaded their home with a large butcher knife and a rifle-like gun.
SPD Sergeant Kyle Tonniges said the department learned the location of suspect Phyroom Ketkan, a 41-year-old Salina man, in Wichita, so the department informed the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office.
"We contacted them over in their warrants division and said, 'Hey, we got this guy — we think that this is his address,' and I don't know if that was what resulted in his arrest or if they just came across him," Tonniges said. "I don't know the details surrounding the rest of it, other than a sheriff's officer picked him up."
Tonniges said the Sedwick County Sheriff's Office will extradite the suspect, Ketkan, back to Salina to face the following charges —
● Aggravated Robbery● Aggravated Burglary● Aggravated Battery