Sunday 14th September 2025

A Slater man who has been charged with multiple felonies relating to a domestic disturbance and standoff with law enforcement on May 28, 2017, is due in court on Monday, April 23.
According to online court documents, Charles Townsend Jr. has been charged with two counts of Class A Felony for Assault or Attempted Assault in the First Degree, Causing Serious Physical Injury or Special Victim; a Class B Felony for Assault or Attempted Assault in the First Degree; Class E Felonies for Domestic Assault in the Third Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon- Exhibiting and Resisting or Interfering with an Arrest for a Felony; and three counts of an Unclassified Felony for Armed Criminal Action.
Court documents also say Townsend, who is now 31, entered a plea of not guilty during his arraignment hearing on July 24. He is due for a plea/trial-setting hearing at 9 a.m. at Saline County Circuit Court.