By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews

Malachi Hanes Sweeny

WARSAW — A Warsaw man was arrested for allegedly battering a woman.

Malachi Hanes Sweeny, 30, 2151 Laurelwood Drive, Warsaw, is charged with domestic battery in the presence of a child, a level 6 felony; and domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor.

On May 17, a Warsaw Police officer responded to a domestic battery between a man, later identified as Sweeny, and a woman. Upon arrival at the scene, the officer noticed a woman with a red mark on her right cheek. Sweeny denied a physical altercation occurring.

According to court documents, the woman said Sweeny shoved her face into a bed and also hit the right side of her face.

A child in the home said Sweeny and the woman argued, with Sweeny pushing the side of the woman’s face.

Sweeny was previously convicted of battery in Kosciusko County in June 2014.

For this case, Sweeny was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail on May 17.