Photo--Gerry Rilinger/Credit: Brown County Sheriff's Office

(KNZA)--A Fairview man is facing multiple charges—including attempted murder--after a violent domestic incident last week sent another individual to the hospital.

Brown County Sheriff John Merchant, in a release, said the Sheriff's Office dispatched a deputy to a local hospital on November 8th to take a report from a  battery victim. 

The deputy obtained suspect information from the victim while at the hospital, and then alerted other Brown County deputies.

A short time later, deputies encountered the suspect, 43-year-old Gerry Rilinger, in Fairview.
When a deputy approached Rilinger for questioning, Merchant said he became argumentative, defiant and initiated a scuffle, which resulted in his arrest. 

Following his arrest, Rilinger was booked into the Brown County jail.  He's being held on a $2 million bond.
Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill filed a formal complaint Monday in Brown County District Court charging Rilinger with 8 counts—including attempted 2nd-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated domestic battery, felony battery on a correctional officer, felony interference with law enforcement, two counts of misdemeanor battery on a law enforcement officer and transporting an open container of alcohol.

A preliminary hearing has been set for November 19th.

Merchant said the investigation is still ongoing.

The Sabetha Police Department assisted.