HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Reno County Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to 11912 E. 4th for a man with a Westar employee being held at gunpoint.
The deputy arrived and detained 66-year-old Marc Miller. The victim, 61-year-old Brent Bunting stated that he arrived at the residence to exchange the electrical meter. He went to the front door of the residence and knocked. No one answered the door, so he put one of the fliers in the doorway and walked to the east side of the house to exchange the meter. After exchanging the meter, he was confronted by a white male who told he he didn’t have permission to be on the property and told him to put the meter back. He tried to explain that he can’t do that and began walking towards his Truck.
Bunting said as he was walking to his truck when Miller told him he needed to come sit down. But he ignored the request. Miller then stepped into the residence through a sliding glass door and came right back out with a shotgun. Bunting said the gun was in a soft sock like case and Miller removed it from the case. He then told the alleged victim that he wasn’t leaving and that he needed to come sit down. Bunting made his way back up to the front of the residence where an outside table is located and sat in a chair at that location.
He told deputies that while he was seated at the table, Miller allowed him to call his supervisor.
When Deputies arrived on scene, they confronted Miller after some verbal commands Miller gave up without incident.
He was arrested for aggravated assault and kidnapping and is jail on a bond of $105,000.
This is second time in recent weeks that a employee of Westar Energy has been confronted over a meter change in the county.