A Richwood man has been indicted, charged with allegedly assaulting his sister, sending her to the emergency room.
The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Trent Isaac Eickemeyer, 27, of 11210 Route 47, Richwood, charging him with one count each of domestic violence and strangulation.
According to court documents, Eickemeyer and his sister were exchanging text messages about her car, a 2000 Honda Civic. Court documents indicate the woman had discussed the possibility of filing unauthorized use of a motor vehicle charges against Eickemeyer.
At about 1 a.m., Dec. 8, the sister went to her grandmother’s home where Eickemeyer also lived.
The sister tried to get into the home to talk with Eickemeyer about the car, but he “immediately shut the door, preventing her from entering” according to court documents.
“He then opened the door and aggressively pushed the victim away, causing her to nearly fall off the porch,” according to court documents.
Reports indicate that when the woman regained her balance, she “slapped the suspect’s face.”
Eickemeyer allegedly then grabbed the woman’s neck and wrapped both hands around her throat.
According to court documents, Eickemeyer allegedly backed the woman into a corner on the porch “and began to strangle her.”
The woman began to see spots and “briefly” lost consciousness according to court documents.
Later that day the sister was able to go to the emergency room at Memorial Hospital in Marysville. After evaluation and treatment, the woman contacted the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators saw the marks on the woman’s neck. She confirmed she got the bruises during the altercation with her brother.
Typically, domestic violence is charged as a misdemeanor offense, however, once an individual has a domestic violence conviction, future allegations are charged as felonies.
In January 2022, Eickemeyer pleaded guilty to domestic violence in Delaware County Municipal Court. He was sentenced to 180 days in prison, though all but one of those was suspended.
If convicted, Eickemeyer could face as many as six and a half years in prison, in addition to possibly being required to serve the 179 suspended jail days from the prior conviction.
Also indicted was:
– Milanyelis Alarcon, also known as Milanyelis Del Valle Alarcon-Infante, 23, of 220 Bridgewater Drive.
Alarcon is charged with one count of felonious assault.
According to court documents, on Dec. 20, police officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Bridgewater Drive on an unknown 911 call.
“Dispatchers could hear people arguing in Spanish in the background,” according to court documents.
When police spoke with the victim, she told them Alarcon is her sister-in-law.
She said Alarcon “slapped her across the face and pulled her to the ground by her hair.”
The victim said Alarcon got on top of her “striking her about the face several times, causing her to bleed from her mouth and behind her ear.”
Alarcon also allegedly bit the victim, put her fingers in the victim’s eyes causing them to become very red and irritated and put her fingers in the victim’s s mouth and pulled on her lower lip, causing it to bleed and swell.
According to court documents, the victim was eventually able to get away and lock herself in her car until officers arrived.
If convicted, Alarcon could face as many as eight years in prison.
– Andrew James Waltz, 32, of Osceola, Indiana. Waltz is charged with three counts of receiving stolen property.
According to court documents, at about 2:30 a.m., Dec. 29, Waltz allegedly stole 38 interlocking mats that were around the outside of the local Rural King while the store was closed.
About 1 p.m., police recovered the mats from the back of Waltz’s truck. The mats still had their tags from the store on them.
After reviewing surveillance footage, store officials were able to identify Waltz, wearing the same clothes, taking the mats and using the same truck.
That same day, the Union County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from a resident on Southard Road. When deputies arrived, the resident explained that an unknown man, driving a red work truck with toolboxes on the back, pulled into his driveway. The man told the homeowner that he had blown a tire on his trailer. He asked the homeowner if he could leave the trailer in the driveway while he went to get a new tire.
The homeowner said the man never returned so he called the sheriff’s office.
“After some investigation it was determined that this trailer was stolen from a Rural King store in Norwalk.
Investigators watched the homeowner’s doorbell video camera video and saw Waltz requesting to park “his trailer” in the driveway.
Investigators used the city’s license plate camera to find footage showing Waltz’s truck pulling the stolen trailer.
The mats were valued at $759.62 and the trailer was valued at $2,060.
If convicted, Waltz could face as many as three and a half years in prison.