Staff Report

Jade Elizabeth Cripps

CROMWELL — A woman was recently arrested after allegedly battering a woman in Cromwell.

Jade Elizabeth Cripps, 21, Angola, is charged with domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor; domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, a level 6 felony; and domestic battery with a prior conviction, a level 5 felony.

On May 27, a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a fight at a Cromwell residence. A woman said Cripps began arguing about a blanket and her belongings being in a bathroom.

According to court documents, the woman said the argument turned physical when Cripps kicked a door, hitting the woman in the face. The woman said one of her teeth was loose and her face hurt after the incident.

Cripps was previously convicted of domestic battery in Kosciusko County in May 2022. The woman battered in the May 2024 incident was the victim in Cripps’ prior case.

Cripps was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail on July 25.