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On January 14, 2025, at 8:31 p.m. Gibson County Central Dispatch received a request for a welfare check in the 2400 block of East State Road 64 of an individual. 

Upon arriving on scene officers observed obvious signs that a physical altercation had just occurred.

  At that point, both parties were separated and an investigation was conducted. 

After their investigation, Deputy Wes Baumgart placed 47-year-old T.W. Hunt Jr. of Princeton into custody and transported him to the Gibson County Jail. 

Upon arriving at the jail Mr. Hunt was charged with Strangulation and Battery.