Mentone Man Arrested For Criminal Trespass, Domestic Battery
MENTONE — A Mentone man was arrested after he battered a female and her stepfather multiple times in the presence of a child.
Christopher Allen Winterrowd, 44, 605 Harrison St., Mentone, is being charged with domestic battery in the presence of a child, a level 6 felony; battery with moderate bodily injury, a level 6 felony; domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor; criminal trespass, a class B misdemeanor; and disorderly conduct, a class B misdemeanor.
On Feb. 18, an officer with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic battery call. Upon arriving, the officer observed a woman running out of a house yelling “help” while Winterrowd chased her. The officer ordered Winterrowd to stop and placed him in handcuffs.
The officer then spoke with the victim who advised Winterrowd became upset and started throwing items off the kitchen countertop. She advised she asked Winterrowd to stop and he replied by grabbing her by the throat and shaking her. At this point, the victim’s stepfather pushed Winterrowd out the doorway and told him not to come back.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, Winterrowd then re-entered the house through another door. Winterrowd again grabbed the stepdaughter by the throat, which is when the stepfather intervened.
At this point, Winterrowd “chest bumped” the stepfather and attempted to choke him. Winterrowd then pushed the stepfather into a hutch, causing bloody injuries to his legs.
The officer observed bloody injuries on both of the stepfather’s legs. While the officer was speaking with the male, Winterrowd was outside yelling, “be a man.” The officer gave Winterrowd a verbal command to stop yelling, at which time Winterrowd began to yell louder, “f***king p**sy.”
One child was present when the altercations took place.
Winterrowd was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail with a $6,000 surety and cash bond.