Man Arrested After Allegedly Breaking Into HomeA man recently was arrested after allegedly breaking into a home through a window and then punching an occupant in the face.
Devin Stuart Gerding, 24, of 318 N. Washington St., Warsaw, was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail at 9:20 p.m. Saturday and faces charges for residential entry, a Level 6 felony; battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, a Level 6 felony; and battery, a Class A misdemeanor.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed Thursday in Kosciusko Superior Court III, on March 23 sheriff’s deputies spoke to a woman who said Gerding entered her home without permission through a window and then used a closed fist to hit a man several times on the face.
Police reported seeing a window curtain knocked down, a dusty handprint on the glass and the victim’s face was swollen and bloody.
