Two Bloomington residents were arrested Friday afternoon after their newborn baby sustained a skull fracture in mid-November.\nMystica Tapp, 19, and Anthony Helmes, 22, were arrested after an on-going investigation by the Bloomington Police Department. Each face preliminary charges of neglect of a dependant resulting in injury.\nBoth parents admitted to officers that they were high on marijuana at the time of the accident, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nOn Nov. 20, Tapp and Helmes took their 11-day-old baby to the hospital after the baby fell off the bed, Canada said. After examining the baby, who suffered a skull fracture, the Bloomington Hospital contacted Child Protective Services and BPD for further investigation.\nDuring the investigation, Det. Richard Crussen learned that during the night, the baby began crying and Tapp placed the infant on a pillow at the edge of the bed, Canada said. The baby rolled off the bed and hit the floor, resulting in the skull fracture.\nTapp and Helmes both woke up later in the night after the baby started crying again, so the pair took the child to the hospital, Canada said. \nAfter learning the baby received a skull fracture, Crussen contacted the prosecutor’s office and was able to get a probable cause for Tapp and Helmes’ arrest warrant.\nTapp and Helmes were both served with a warrant Friday afternoon at their house in the 2300 block of Winslow Court, Canada said.\nMonroe County Circuit Court Judge David Welch has ordered the baby into foster care until officials can find a safe place for the baby to live. \nBoth Tapp and Helmes were transported to the Monroe County Jail.
Man, fiance \narrested after domestic dispute\nA Bloomington couple was arrested Monday morning after a domestic dispute.\nMark W. Ratzlaff, 33, faces a preliminary charge of domestic battery. Carole M. Biggs, 30, faces preliminary charges of two counts of resisting law enforcement.\nThe Bloomington Police Department was dispatched Monday to the 1400 block of West Kirkwood Avenue in reference to a domestic dispute, Canada said, reading from a police report. When officers arrived, they spoke with Biggs, who said she got into a fight with Ratzlaff, her fiance, over leaving the house with their dog, Canada said.\nRatzlaff told officers that he pushed her, causing pain to her ribs, because he did not trust her with the dog, Canada said. But when officers went to arrest Ratzlaff, Biggs stepped between him and the officers.\nWhen officers tried to arrest Biggs for interfering with her fiance’s arrest, she became uncooperative and began struggling with the officer, Canada said. She was arrested and both she and Ratzlaff were transported to the Monroe County Jail. \nRatzlaff was cooperative throughout the entire incident, Canada said.
