HELTONVILLE – A Heltonville man was arrested on Friday when a Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call at 11:50 p.m. from a female who had locked herself in a bathroom after being involved in a physical altercation with 20-year-old Dalton Sosh.
When deputies arrived at the home in the 2690 block of Ramsey Ridge Road a female walked out of the residence and met with the officer on the front porch. She told police Sosh had taken off on foot.
Police say the woman had multiple injuries to her face, head, neck, left wrist, and arm. An ambulance was summoned to the scene.
The woman told officers they had friends over and all of them had been drinking. Sosh had asked the woman to help him to bed due to his level of intoxication. The woman told police she got Sosh partially on the bed and went to grab his legs and put them on the bed when he grabbed her shirt and pulled on it causing it to rip. He told her he didn’t like how she was putting him in the bed and that is why he grabbed her shirt. She then smacked him on the back of the head. Sosh immediately jumped on her, pinning her to the bedroom floor, and began punching her and wouldn’t stop. She had to bite Sosh to get him off of her. He then grabbed her around the neck and began choking her. She was finally able to get him off of her and ran to the bathroom and locked the door.
The woman then requested Google to call the police, but Sosh had unplugged the system and took off with it.
The woman requested to file charges. She was then transported by ambulance to St. Vincent Dunn Hospital for treatment.
Officers found Sosh at a friend’s house down the road and he was detained. Sosh was also transported to IU Health Bedford for treatment of his injuries. After being released he was transported to jail on charges of battery resulting in bodily injury, domestic battery in the presence of a minor, interfering with reporting a crime.
If you or someone you know is involved in a domestic violence situation and needs help, call Hoosier Hills PACT 24-hour crisis line at 1-888-883-1959 or visit their website at https://www.pactchangeslives.com/.
The agency can provide emergency assistance with the shelter to those in domestic violence situations. Hoosier Hills PACT also assists with court advocacy, protective orders, education, outreach programs, support groups, and more.
