Warsaw Woman Arrested On Battery Charges Two Months In A Row
Staff Report
Oct. 13 — A Warsaw woman who was arrested in September on battery charges has been arrested for battery again this month.
Destiny Renay Colt, 23, 212 S. Union St. C., Warsaw, is charged with domestic battery with a child under 16 present, a level 6 felony; domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor; and invasion of privacy, a class A misdemeanor.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Oct. 13, a Warsaw Police officer was dispatched to a residence in reference to a domestic dispute.
Upon arrival, the officer met with a man at the residence. The man had a bloody nose and blood on his lips and arms. He stated that he and Colt got into an argument and that Colt started breaking things.
The man said at one point he was holding a child when Colt repeatedly told him she wanted him to hit her. The man said when he refused to hit her, Colt punched him in the nose, causing pain and bleeding.
The man said when he told Colt he was calling the police, she left the residence.
While police were on scene, Colt returned to the residence. She told officers that there was an argument and that she and the man both broke things in the residence; however, she stated that she did not scratch or punch the man.
Information in the affidavit states that Colt said the argument was only verbal and that the man must have hit his own face against the wall to harm himself.
She further stated that the man had grabbed her during the argument and elbowed her in the stomach, causing pain.
On Sept. 12, Colt was arrested and charged with domestic battery with a child under 16 present, a level 6 felony; and domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor.
Colt was served with a no-contact order of pretrial release on Sept. 14 requiring that she not have contact with the man involved in the battery incident.
She was booked at the Kosciusko County Jail Oct. 13 on a $6,000 surety and cash bond.