Deputy accused of domestic battery allegedly kicked wife

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Bell/Vigo Co. Jail

By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News
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A Vigo County Sheriff's deputy has been released from jail after being arrested Wednesday night.
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1st Sgt. Jeffrey S. Bell, 47,  was taken into custody by the Indiana State Police and booked into the Vigo County Jail around 10:30 p.m. He is charged with domestic battery and interfering in the reporting of a crime. Bell was released around  11 a.m. Thursday.

According to the probable cause affidavit, filed by Indiana State Police Trooper David Petrowski, Bell admitted to kicking his wife during an altercation with his son. Bell allegedly kicked his wife in the chest and "knocked her back into the wall behind her," as his wife and another son attempted to break up the two fighting on the floor.

Police were dispatched to the S. Seventh Street residence around 8:30 p.m.

 Upon Petrowski's arrival, an assisting Terre Haute Police Department officer at the scene reportedly informed him that the victim had attempted to call 911, but Bell allegedly "ripped the phone from [her] hand and threw it" towards a coffee table, according to the court documents.
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