On 9/13/2022, Mt. Carmel Police arrested Christopher J. Perry, age 36, of Mt. Carmel, on two counts of Domestic Battery following a dispute at a residence in the 900 block of Landes Street. Officers arrived at the scene and spoke to the involved parties and in doing so, found evidence to indicate Perry battered his girlfriend and her daughter during the dispute. Perry was taken into custody and transported to the Wabash County Jail where he was charged with two felony counts of Domestic Battery. Perry was held pending a bond setting by a judge.