WARSAW — A Warsaw woman was recently arrested after allegedly battering a man with a space heater.

Kyla Rashel Kilpatrick, 21, 1210 Hill Top Ave. Apartment 4, Warsaw, is charged with aggravated battery, a level 3 felony.

On Feb. 3, an officer with the Warsaw Police Department went to a residence regarding a family fight. Upon arrival at the scene, the officer found a man who had blood covering the left side of his face. The man had a large cut on the top of his head.

According to court documents, a woman at the scene told the officer that Kilpatrick hit the man in the head with a space heater. A second witness also reported that Kilpatrick hit the man in the head multiple times with a space heater.

Court paperwork said Kilpatrick has a history of emotional control issues.

The officer then spoke with Kilpatrick, who admitted to hitting the man in the head with a space heater in anger.

The man was taken to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. According to court paperwork, officers received a report from the hospital indicating that the man was in critical condition.

Kilpatrick has a pretrial conference in this case on March 30.