Deairio Pushun Starks, 21, of Fort Riley was charged with aggravated battery, criminal threat, aggravated kidnapping, reckless driving and driving without a license on Friday night, according to a Riley County Police Department report. Bond was set at $50,000.
At approximately 9 p.m. in the 900 block of Thurston Street, two witnesses heard a scream from inside a silver vehicle, said Lt. Herbert Crosby Jr. of RCPD. Crosby said the witnesses ran to the vehicle to try and assist a woman, who was inside the car with the suspect.
“The vehicle doors were locked so they could not open the doors to assist her,” Crosby said.
Crosby said the suspect then tried to flee, and in doing so, backed into a parked vehicle. He then fled in the vehicle with the female, Crosby said. One of the witnesses flagged down a nearby police officer, while another one called 911, and the witnesses gave a vehicle description and the license plate number and noted that the rear bumper was hanging loose, Crosby said.
As the officers were checking the area, they found a bumper believed to belong to the suspect’s vehicle near 8th Street and Poyntz Ave. They were able to locate the vehicle with Starks and the woman inside behind a Law Firm at 801 Poyntz Ave., Crosby said.
“The victim is the suspect’s wife,” Crosby said. “Apparently, it was a domestic-related situation.”
