On 12.18.18 at 11:26 a.m.the Wabash County Sheriff's Office responded to a residence on E 1100 Rd., reference a 911 hang up call. Sheriff Derek Morgan and Deputy Art Kimmel responded and spoke with the caller. After quite some time it was determined an argument had taken place. The parties were separated at that time.
At 1:11 p.m the Wabash County Sheriff's Office received a report of another verbal domestic at a residence on Friendsville Ave.and the two parties from E 1100 Rd. were named as being involved. While en route to the residence the caller advised both persons had left headed towards Mt. Carmel. Another 911 call came in from a motorist who advised a black Cadillac was cutting off a Lincoln Navigator and stopping the Navigator on Friendsville Ave. This happened in two different places.
The Sheriff's Office along with units from MCPD stopped the Cadillac on College Drive in Mt. Carmel. Based upon roadside interviews 31 year old Michael R. Dean of Mt. Carmel was taken into custody on a preliminary charge of domestic battery. Dean was taken to the Wabash County Jail where bond was later set at $1,000 cash. Dean posted bond and was released from the Wabash County Jail.