On 9/26/22, Mt. Carmel Police arrested Preston M. Thompson, age 22, of Mt. Carmel, for Aggravated Domestic Battery following a dispute with his girlfriend at their residence in the 1400 block of West 3rd Street. Police arrived at the scene where they found evidence indicating Thompson struck his pregnant girlfriend multiple times and also choked her during the dispute. Thompson was placed under arrest and transported to the Wabash County Jail. Thompson is being held without bond following a pre-trial detention hearing in Wabash Circuit Court.