MENTONE — A Mentone man was sentenced in the Kosciusko Superior 1 Court Thursday, March 8, on charges related to a domestic battery incident in the presence of a child.

Christopher Allen Winterrowd, 45, 605 Harrison St., Mentone, was found guilty of count 1 domestic battery, a level 6 felony, and count 2 battery, a level 6 felony.

On Feb. 18, 2017, an officer with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic battery call. Upon arrival, the officer observed a female running out of a house yelling “help” while Winterrowd chased her. The officer ordered Winterrowd to stop and placed him in handcuffs.

The officer then spoke with the victim, who stated that Winterrowd became upset and started throwing items off the kitchen countertop. She advised she asked Winterrowd to stop and he responded by grabbing her by the throat and shaking her. At this point, the victim’s stepfather pushed Winterrowd out the doorway and told him not to come back.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, Winterrowd then re-entered the house through another door and again grabbed the victim by the throat, at which time the stepfather intervened.

Winterrowd “chest bumped” the stepfather and attempted to choke him. Winterrowd then pushed the stepfather into a hutch, causing injuries to his legs.

The officer observed blood on both of the stepfather’s legs. While the officer was speaking with the victim’s stepfather, Winterrowd was outside yelling, “Be a man.” The officer gave Winterrowd a verbal command to stop yelling, at which time Winterrowd began to yell louder, using profanity.

Winterrowd’s attorney, Scott Lennox, told the court that Winterrowd has sought help for anger management and substance abuse issues.

For the change of domestic battery, Judge David Cates sentenced Winterrowd to one year in the Kosciusko County Jail. Cates sentenced Winterrowd to one year in the Kosciusko County Jail on the battery charge, with the sentences ordered to be served consecutively.

Cates ordered 21 months of the sentence to be suspended and served on formal probation, adding that he would have no problem with Winterrowd serving the executed portion of the sentence through Kosciusko Community Corrections. Winterrowd was given two days of jail time credit and was ordered to have no contact with the victim or her stepfather.