A Bloomington man was arrested after battering a woman and pouring a two-liter of soda on her and her 2-year-old daughter Sunday, according to police. Bloomington police officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of Pine Meadows Drive at 5:51 a.m., said BPD Detective Sgt. Jeff Canada reading from the police report. When officers arrived, the woman was visibly upset and had scratches on her upper chest and arms. The victim told officers she heard a noise while she was upstairs, and when she went to see what it was she found Ronnie S. Davis, 24, downstairs, who is the father of the woman’s two children. Officers determined Davis entered through an unlocked window in the rear of the apartment, Canada said. \nThe woman told officers Davis chased her upstairs and attacked her. During the scuffle the two entered a bedroom where Davis knocked over a television and a DVD player. The woman was then able to run downstairs and tried to call police on her cell phone. Davis grabbed the phone and broke it. The victim then tried to call police using the house phone, but Davis threw that phone against the wall, breaking it, Canada said. \nThe woman’s daughter, 2, was sleeping on the couch until she was awakened by the commotion. The woman then picked up her daughter and Davis poured a two-liter bottle of soda on the two of them, Canada said. The woman then put the child down and ran out to a neighbor’s house to get a phone. Davis broke the phone and began hitting the woman, knocked her down and kicked her. He left the scene before officers arrived, Canada said. \nLater that day BPD Officer Brian Werner received at tip that Davis was in the area of the Village Pantry at 275 E. Winslow Rd. Davis was located in his vehicle and was arrested for residential entry, domestic battery, criminal mischief and interfering with reporting a crime, Canada said.
Bloomington man arrested for domestic battery
An off-duty Monroe County sheriff’s department deputy restrained a Bloomington man from battering his wife Sunday. Bloomington police officers were dispatched to the 2000 block of N. Walnut St. in response to a physical fight between a male and a female, said BPD Detective Sgt. Jeff Canada reading from the police report. En route to the scene officers were advised that the deputy was on the scene and restraining the male. \nWhen officers arrived they saw the woman was holding a rag to her face and bleeding from the nose, Canada said. She told officers her husband, Joseph Diehl, 29, had battered her. She and Diehl got into an argument while both were drinking. He told her to leave. She told him she was going to a friend’s residence and when she walked outside Diehl grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back inside the apartment and battered her, Canada said. The deputy, who is a resident in the same apartment complex, saw Diehl pull the woman back inside and went to investigate.\nDiehl told officers he did not strike the victim and their argument was only verbal. He was arrested for domestic battery.
Stepson tells officer of stepfather’s possession of marijuana
Bloomington police arrested a man after his stepson told police he found the man’s marijuana Friday. When officers arrived at the 1800 block of S. Walnut St. they talked to the juvenile complainant who said he was looking for money in the living room where they both lived when he stumbled across a box which contained what he believed was marijuana, said BPD Detective Sgt. Jeff Canada reading from the police report. The complainant told officers he did not want marijuana in his house. \nThe complainant’s stepfather, Darren Zaragoza, 38, was also wanted on a warrant for failure to appear in court. He also had a suspended drivers’ license. After officers watched Zaragoza pull up and park his vehicle he was arrested for possession of marijuana, driving with a suspended license and for failure to appear.
