Silva Arrested For Assaulting Female Over Text Message
WARSAW — Nicholas Jay Silva, 18, 611 N. Park Ave., Warsaw, has been charged with domestic battery with a child under 16 present, a level 6 felony and interference with the reporting of a crime, a class A misdemeanor, after he assaulted a female about a text message.
Silva was booked Jan. 12 and held on $5,250 surety and cash bond.
The affidavit of probable cause, filed in Kosciusko Superior Court 3, states Warsaw Police responded to a fight Jan 12 at Silva’s residence. Officers spoke to the victim who stated she and Silva started arguing when he saw a message on her phone from a male friend. She told Silva to leave or she was going to notify police.
Silva took the victim’s phone and broke it against a bedroom wall. After he left the room, the victim locked the door, which made him angry and he kicked in the door, grabbing her and placing his hands around her neck.
The victim’s female daughter was present and saw Silva break the door in and get on top of her mother.