North Manchester Man Faces Battery, Strangulation Charges
February 12, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.
North Manchester Man Faces Battery, Strangulation Charges
By David [email protected]
Shawn R. Cooper, 39, of 12600 S. Ind. 13, #19, North Manchester, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 3:46 p.m. Friday for domestic battery with a bond of $5,000 surety and $1,000 cash.
Court documents filed Monday list the charges against him as domestic battery with a child under 16 present, a level 6 felony; and strangulation, a level 6 felony.
At 12:12 p.m. Friday, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office responded to a request for a welfare check. The caller said that her family received a text message from a neighbor of her 30-year-old niece saying that the niece had been beaten so badly by Cooper that she was unrecognizable.
KCSO Reserve Deputy Jon Popenfoose went to the home to check on the woman. Cooper said she was not home and was at a North Manchester trailer court. Popenfoose left at 1:02 p.m. About 40 minutes later, the KCSO received another call stating the woman doesn’t have a vehicle and that she was still in the home.
KCSO Sgt. Don McCune went to the home. While speaking with Cooper, McCune noticed that he was saying the woman was in Michigan. McCune knew that Cooper had told Popenfoose that she was in North Manchester. He also saw the couple’s 9-month-old child in the home.
When the discrepancies in his stories were pointed out, Cooper admitted the woman was inside. Cooper told McCune that she had fallen on the front steps and had bruises on her face. McCune told Cooper that he needed to check on her, and Cooper allowed him into the home.
McCune found the woman in the bedroom and she was completely covered in bruises. She told McCune that she was in a four-wheeler accident in Michigan and already had been to the hospital for treatment. McCune asked to see her discharge papers, but she then admitted she had not been to the hospital.
Cooper then said the woman fell in the bathroom while the power was out the night before. The niece changed her story and said she tripped over a stroller in the bathroom.
Cooper was removed from the home by KCSO deputy Chris Rager. Once outside the home, he admitted he and the woman had an argument and she came at him, according to court documents. Cooper was seated and used his foot to push the woman, and she fell and hit her head. She got back up and came at him again, but Cooper pushed her off with his foot.
After viewing all the woman’s injuries, McCune called for an ambulance. She was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital and Cooper was taken to the KCJ.
At KCH, the woman spoke with KCSO Det. Josh Spangle and deputy Charlene Johnson. The bruises on her body were in different stages of healing and appeared to have happened over time, court documents state.
While her injuries were being photographed, the woman admitted Cooper caused them. She said that for the last three days, she and Cooper had been fighting about her cheating on him. She pointed out the injuries and said Cooper used his hands and feet to punch and kick her over the last three days. She even pointed out a bite mark on her left thigh.
Spangle noticed marks to her neck, and she said Cooper had choked her as well. She told the hospital staff she hadn’t eaten in three days.
Department of Child Services visited the hospital to check on the couple’s child, who did not have any injuries. The woman said Cooper’s mother, who lives in the trailer, watched the child while she was being beaten.
Spangle and deputy Tom Waikel spoke with Cooper at the jail. He told the same story about the niece attacking him. He pointed out a small scratch on his finger as evidence of the attack.
When Spangle told Cooper he knew that they had been fighting over the victim cheating, Cooper said he “snapped.” He admitted to punching her in the crotch as well as her other injuries. He admitted to choking her while their son and his mother were in the home. He also admitted he lied to the KCSO when they first asked him where the victim was.
A no contact order was entered Sunday.
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Shawn R. Cooper, 39, of 12600 S. Ind. 13, #19, North Manchester, was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 3:46 p.m. Friday for domestic battery with a bond of $5,000 surety and $1,000 cash.
Court documents filed Monday list the charges against him as domestic battery with a child under 16 present, a level 6 felony; and strangulation, a level 6 felony.
At 12:12 p.m. Friday, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office responded to a request for a welfare check. The caller said that her family received a text message from a neighbor of her 30-year-old niece saying that the niece had been beaten so badly by Cooper that she was unrecognizable.
KCSO Reserve Deputy Jon Popenfoose went to the home to check on the woman. Cooper said she was not home and was at a North Manchester trailer court. Popenfoose left at 1:02 p.m. About 40 minutes later, the KCSO received another call stating the woman doesn’t have a vehicle and that she was still in the home.
KCSO Sgt. Don McCune went to the home. While speaking with Cooper, McCune noticed that he was saying the woman was in Michigan. McCune knew that Cooper had told Popenfoose that she was in North Manchester. He also saw the couple’s 9-month-old child in the home.
When the discrepancies in his stories were pointed out, Cooper admitted the woman was inside. Cooper told McCune that she had fallen on the front steps and had bruises on her face. McCune told Cooper that he needed to check on her, and Cooper allowed him into the home.
McCune found the woman in the bedroom and she was completely covered in bruises. She told McCune that she was in a four-wheeler accident in Michigan and already had been to the hospital for treatment. McCune asked to see her discharge papers, but she then admitted she had not been to the hospital.
Cooper then said the woman fell in the bathroom while the power was out the night before. The niece changed her story and said she tripped over a stroller in the bathroom.
Cooper was removed from the home by KCSO deputy Chris Rager. Once outside the home, he admitted he and the woman had an argument and she came at him, according to court documents. Cooper was seated and used his foot to push the woman, and she fell and hit her head. She got back up and came at him again, but Cooper pushed her off with his foot.
After viewing all the woman’s injuries, McCune called for an ambulance. She was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital and Cooper was taken to the KCJ.
At KCH, the woman spoke with KCSO Det. Josh Spangle and deputy Charlene Johnson. The bruises on her body were in different stages of healing and appeared to have happened over time, court documents state.
While her injuries were being photographed, the woman admitted Cooper caused them. She said that for the last three days, she and Cooper had been fighting about her cheating on him. She pointed out the injuries and said Cooper used his hands and feet to punch and kick her over the last three days. She even pointed out a bite mark on her left thigh.
Spangle noticed marks to her neck, and she said Cooper had choked her as well. She told the hospital staff she hadn’t eaten in three days.
Department of Child Services visited the hospital to check on the couple’s child, who did not have any injuries. The woman said Cooper’s mother, who lives in the trailer, watched the child while she was being beaten.
Spangle and deputy Tom Waikel spoke with Cooper at the jail. He told the same story about the niece attacking him. He pointed out a small scratch on his finger as evidence of the attack.
When Spangle told Cooper he knew that they had been fighting over the victim cheating, Cooper said he “snapped.” He admitted to punching her in the crotch as well as her other injuries. He admitted to choking her while their son and his mother were in the home. He also admitted he lied to the KCSO when they first asked him where the victim was.
A no contact order was entered Sunday.
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