Salvador Veleta-Sinola, 33, Kansas City, Kansas, is charged with assaulting law enforcement officers who were attempting to arrest him, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Veleta-Sinola is charged with two counts of assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon and one count of assaulting another officer.
The indictment alleges he bit an FBI agent and tried to stab him with a ballpoint pen. In addition, the defendant is alleged to have attacked two members of an FBI task force.
The crimes are alleged to have occurred Jan. 3, 2019, in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on the two counts of attacking officers with a dangerous weapon and up to eight years and a fine up to $250,000 on the other assault charge. The FBI investigated. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister is prosecuting.