Woman Arrested After Allegedly Battering Her Husband

On 10/23/19 Mt. Carmel Police arrested Heather M. (Hall) Fugate, age 31, of Mt. Carmel, for Domestic Battery and Resisting a Peace Officer following a domestic complaint at a residence in the 600 block of West 10th Street. While investigating this claim officers found evidence that Fugate had battered her husband during an argument. Fugate resisted by pulling away from officers when informed of the arrest, but was taken into custody after a brief struggle. Fugate was transported to the Wabash County Jail where she was charged and held pending a bond setting by a judge.