Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested Chans Chochran Monday night on aggravated battery charges.
Cochran, 18, of 1908 Ironwood Drive, Warsaw, was initially charged with aggravated battery and is being held on $5,000 bond, for his part in an April 4 fight at a home in the 1600 block of East CR 200 North, Warsaw.
According to the probable cause affidavit Cochran started a fight with the victim over a verbal altercation. Cochran told police that the victim called a woman a derogatory name and Cochran began to fight the victim.
During the altercation the victim was leaving the home chased by a woman with brass knuckles. The victim went to the Kosciusko Community Hospital where he was treated for a broken nose, jaw, a concussion and stitches on his lip from where his tooth punctured his lip. The vitctim also had a lump on his head and a bruise on his right eye.
When deputies spoke with Cochran he told them the victim made a derogatory comment toward a woman, and he remembered the victim and him fighting and the victim leaving holding his mouth.
Deputies noticed injuries on Cochran’s hands consistent with fist-fighting.
