Leesburg woman accused of attacking manA Leesburg woman is facing battery charges after allegedly attacking a man with a wine glass.
Nancy Marie Swacha, 49, of 5853 N. CR 450E, Leesburg, was arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 11:42 p.m. Aug. 21 for domestic battery. Her preliminary bond was set at $1,000.
Court documents filed Thursday list the charges against her as battery while armed with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony, and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, a level 6 felony.
On Aug. 21, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s officer Matt Holderman responded to a domestic battery at 5853 N. CR 450E, Leesburg. Upon arrival, he spoke with a man who had a cut to his head and hand.
The man said he owns the residence and let Swacha stay if she paid the utilities. He said he and Swacha got into an argument over her not paying the utilities and she hit him on the side of the head with a wine glass, breaking the glass. She then used the broken part of the glass and jabbed at him, cutting his right palm and thumb.
Holderman spoke with Swacha who admitted she threw a wine glass at him, but didn’t know how he was injured.
The victim was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital where he received staples on the left side of his head above his ear and to his right palm and thumb.
