Fight Over Woman Results In Charges For Mt. Carmel Man

On 6/25/25, at approximately 930 p.m., Mt. Carmel Police arrested Darrin D. Rumsey, age 24, of Mt. Carmel for Aggravated Battery following a dispute between two males over a female.  Officers were called to the area of 7th & Pear Street, where they received information that Rumsey had punched the male in the face, who was seated in a vehicle with the female, while on the property of the Mt. Carmel Library.  The alleged victim, and female, had left the area and was reportedly near the area of 9th & Poplar, where officers responded to and located them.  After speaking to involved witnesses, the alleged victim was allowed to sign a complaint against Rumsey for Aggravated Battery.  Rumsey was placed under arrest and transported to the Wabash County Jail, where he was charged and held pending the court's determination of pre-trial release.