By Leah Sander
InkFreeNews

WARSAW — A Warsaw man will serve a little more than two years in the Kosciusko County Jail for two cases involving domestic battery and other charges.

Ivan Jesus Lopez, 20, 1407 Green Hill Drive, was sentenced in Kosciusko Superior Court II on Wednesday morning, Aug. 6.

In one case, Judge Michael Reed sentenced Lopez to two years in the Kosciusko County Jail for domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, a Level 6 felony; and domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor.

Ivan Lopez

In the second case, he sentenced him to two years in the county jail for the Class A misdemeanors of invasion of privacy and resisting law enforcement. Those Reed reduced to 30 days for each count at the county jail and the remaining days on probation, which will be served concurrently to each other and consecutively to the sentencing in the first case.

Reed dismissed charges in the two cases of two counts of intimidation, both Level 5 felonies; and another Class A misdemeanor of invasion of privacy as part of plea deals.

Deputy Prosecutor Andrew Grossnickle said Lopez had a limited previous criminal history that included some time when he was a minor.

Grossnickle noted Lopez hadn’t taken “full responsibility for his actions using a knife.”

“On his family,” Reed interjected.

Defense attorney Brian Pyle said Lopez did deal with “an anger issue.”

It was noted anger management was included in the requirements of the plea deal.

Grossnickle pointed out Lopez was out on bond from the domestic battery and intimidation case when the second case occurred.

Addressing Lopez, Reed pointed out, “Men don’t fight.”

“That’s not being a man, is it?” said Reed, regarding Lopez’s prior actions.

Lopez has 178 days of jail time credit. He must undergo an assessment for his anger, not possess any firearms and maintain a no-contact order with the victims in the cases.

Affidavits Of Probable Cause

The first case stems from an incident on May 1, 2024.

A Warsaw police officer responded to a report of a fight and found a man who had lacerations below his left eye and blood on his nose and left earlobe.

The man said Lopez fought with him due to the man cleaning out the refrigerator. Lopez hit the man several times on the head and displayed a large kitchen knife.

A woman also said Lopez displayed the knife toward her.

Lopez said he fought because he was upset the man threw his food away.

In the second case, on Feb. 17, 2025, Lopez was found to have violated a protective order by residing in the same home as the two victims from the first case.

When Lopez was questioned by Warsaw police officers about his living there, he called them the n-word. He also resisted being handcuffed by the officers.

When police spoke with the woman who was one of the subjects of the protective order, she told them she didn’t feel safe in the home with Lopez there.

Lopez also called the woman on Feb. 18, 2025, asking for help in bonding out of jail.