Harvey Truman Clutter

PIERCETON — A Pierceton man was arrested after strangling his girlfriend and threatening police officers.

Harvey Truman Clutter, 63, 604 N. First St. 10, Pierceton, is being charged with strangulation, a level 6 felony; resisting law enforcement, a level 6 felony; intimidation, a level 6 felony; and domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor.

On June 19, officers responded to a report of a domestic battery at a residence.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, a female subject advised Clutter grabbed her by the throat with both hands, strangling and threw her to the ground. Officers observed scratch marks on the subject’s legs and red marks on her neck.

A neighbor stated he saw Clutter throw a box and yell at the female subject to pick it up. He saw Clutter grab the subject by the hair and throw her to the ground.

Officers noticed Clutter standing outside the residence behind a trailer. Clutter walked up the steps to the residence, shouting an expletive at officers and making an obscene gesture, yelling at them to get off his property.

When other officers arrived at the residence and told Clutter he was going to jail, Clutter stated, “I don’t think so,” and extended his left arm toward a cloth object on the table. An officer noticed the butt of a handgun and yelled out that Clutter had a gun.

Officers rushed Clutter and grabbed his arms while Clutter resisted. Officers used a taser on Clutter. On the way to the jail, Clutter threatened an officer, stating, “You’ll get yours.”

Clutter was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on June 19, with a $21,000 surety and cash bond.