A Loogootee native was arrested this morning after an investigation into his involvement in domestic violence actions last weekend.
Arrested and Charged was Jayce Patrick Wagoner, 20, Loogootee, IN
– Strangulation, Level 6 Felony
– Intimidation, Level 6 Felony
– Criminal Confinement, Level 6 Felony
– Domestic Battery, Class A Misdemeanor
Early Sunday morning, the Loogootee Police Department and the Martin County Sheriff’s Department responded to 502 Butcher Boulevard, Loogootee, on reports of a female being threatened with a gun.
Officers arrived to find that the individuals involved in the dispute were separated, and no charges were filed.
Later Sunday, Senior Trooper Jarrod Lents was contacted regarding the female involved in the morning dispute and informed Lents that she choked by her boyfriend, 20 year old Jayce Wagoner of Loogootee.
Lents was also informed that if any police report was filed in the matter, Wagoner was going to beat up officers as well as the female. Lents additionally learned that earlier in the weekend, Wagoner had threatened to shoot and kill his girlfriend.
This morning at 10:48 A.M., Lents served an arrest warrant through the Martin County Circuit Court on Wagoner at 502 Butcher Boulevard.
Wagoner was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Martin County Jail.
