HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The man arrested after a domestic incident and nearly six hour standoff with Hutchinson Police on Christmas Eve made a first court appearance where he was told of the potential charges.

Charles Mendenhall III faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, criminal threat and two counts of aggravated endangerment of a child.

He was taken into custody without incident Thursday after the standoff after the alleged female victim inside the residence was released unharmed. This occurred at a residence at 707 Pierce.

There were some children in the home when it started around 6:30 that morning, but they apparently left the home and the daughter reported what was going on to police.

She told police that she was awakened by the sound of dishes breaking and then saw the defendant pointing a gun to her mother’s head and, at some point, threatened to blow her mother’s brains out. According to statements made in court, he may have also fired the weapon at least three times.

Mendenhall is jailed on a $113,000 bond and a request to have the bond lowered was denied. He’ll be back in court on Jan. 5 to see if the state has filed formal charges.