CARMI – A 14-year-old male juvenile found himself in trouble with Carmi Police after officers responded to two domestic incidents Friday night.
According to Carmi Police, officers responded to a 911 call of an active domestic situation in the 600 block of 6th Street around 7:30 p.m.
When officers arrived, they were informed that the juvenile suspect had fled the home prior to officers arriving. Officers were informed that a verbal argument had erupted which ended with the boy placing his 32-year-old aunt in a headlock and then damaging some items before fleeing.
The aunt signed a complaint against the boy for Aggravated Domestic Battery and Disorderly Conduct.
Then around 9:20 p.m., Carmi Police responded to 225 Main Cross Apartments on a report of a Domestic Battery complaint.
Upon arrival, police found the suspect to be the same boy from the 6th Street call and the victim to be his 33-year-old pregnant mother. Police were informed the boy had struck his mother across the back.
The boy was taken into custody and charged with two counts of Aggravated Domestic Battery and two counts of Disorderly Conduct. He was taken to the White County Jail for juvenile processing.