Crime & Safety
Police Report Domestic Battery on High Street
Police reports: Victim was struck in the mouth; man dented a refigerator door and broke several pieces of hardwood laminate floor.
Police arrested James Martin, 21, of Geneva on two charges of domestic battery—bodily harm to a family member" and "insulting/provoking contact"— both misdemeanors.
The incident around 1:50 a.m. Feb. 10 in the kitchen of a residence in the 500 block of High Street.
Reports said the victim was punched in the mouth and suffered lacerations on the bottom lip.
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Reports said Martin “dented a refigerator door and broke several pieces of hardwood laminate floor” in the High Street residence.
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