Rensselaer, IN – A Rensselaer man was arrested Monday following a month-long search after police say he allegedly attacked another man with a baseball bat.
According to the Rensselaer Police Department, the incident happened around 1:30 a.m. on August 30 in the 600 block of Dean’s Place. A victim and a witness reported that 30-year-old Robert Ward of Rensselaer struck the victim in the head and neck with a bat. Officers noted visible red marks on the victim’s neck and a bruise on his head before the suspect allegedly fled the scene in a vehicle.
Police later located the vehicle at a residence on Elza Street, but a woman at the home told officers she did not know Ward’s whereabouts. Despite several attempts over the following days, police were unable to contact him. A report was submitted to the Jasper County Prosecutor’s Office, which issued a warrant for Ward’s arrest on charges of battery with a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony, and battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, a Level 6 felony.
On September 29, a Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputy initiated a traffic stop north of DeMotte and found Ward inside the vehicle. He was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Jasper County Jail on the outstanding warrants.
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