According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, officers responded shortly before midnight Tuesday night to the 200 block of North 3rd Street to investigate a disturbance and a fire alarm sounding at an apartment complex.
Police, Wilson says, determined there was no fire, and that the alarm had allegedly been falsely activated by 57-year-old Anthony Edwardson. Wilson says it was also determined Edwardson allegedly sprayed a 48-year-old resident in the face with a fire extinguisher.
Wilson says Edwardson was arrested early Wednesday morning for transmitting false information to request emergency services and battery.
The incident at the Massasoit complex also prompted posts of concern in a local social media group from those who initially believed it to be an actual fire.
Once in custody, Edwardson was booked into the Atchison County Jail.
Anthony Edwardson/Credit: Atchison Police Dept.
