Staff Report

Christopher C. Quinn

COLUMBIA CITY — A Columbia City man was recently arrested for allegedly battering a child.

Christopher C. Quinn, 39, 4616 E. Old Trail Road Lot 18, Columbia City, is charged with domestic battery resulting in bodily injury to a person under the age of 14, a level 5 felony.

On Oct. 16, law enforcement responded to a location in Columbia City regarding a child being battered. A Whitley County Sheriff’s Office deputy went to the location with a caseworker from the Indiana Department of Child Services.

According to court documents, a child said Quinn put his hands around their mouth and grabbed them by their waist, picking them up and putting them on the ground. The child also said Quinn stepped on their stomach. The deputy noticed bruises on the back of the child’s neck.

While at a local hospital, Quinn said the child was bruised because of how they rough housed with a sibling.

Quinn was booked in the Whitley County Jail on Nov. 6.