By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Kansas man allegedly shut down the electricity to half of a hotel and ended up in the hospital after an incident in Salina late Tuesday afternoon.
Just after 5p.m., police and EMS were dispatched to Spangles, 1720 W. Crawford Street for report of a person who was covered in burns, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester.
Forrester said the man, identified as Jay Kroulik, 44, of Cuba, Kansas, had walked to the Spangles parking lot seeking help after he allegedly removed a fuse from an Evergy transformer box behind Value Inn and Suites, 1640 W. Crawford Street, and was shocked. The fuse was found on the ground near the transformer box.
The removal of the fuse caused electricity to go out in half of the Value Inn and Suites building, according to Forrester said.
EMS transported Kroulik to Salina Regional Health Center with burns over approximately 30 percent of his body. It is believed that Kroulik was later transferred to a burn unit in Wichita, however Forrester did not have details about that.
Kroulik faces requested charges of Trespassing and Theft when he is released from the hospital. An Evergy crew restored power to the hotel.