Jasper Man interfered with reporting a crime and other charges, According to Police

Jasper- It was an early morning arrest for the Jasper Police Department.

JPD officials report two individuals, a man and woman, went to the ER for injuries sustained in what they believe to have been an unrelated altercation between the two. 

Upon police investigation, officers arrested 36-year-old Dustin Kearby on charges of Domestic Battery, Strangulation, and Interfering with reporting a crime. 

Once Kearby was medically treated at the hospital, he was transported to the Dubois County Security Center.

**ALL CHARGES ARE MERE ACCUSATIONS. DEFENDANTS ARE TO BE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY, BEYOND A RESONABLE DOUBT, IN A COURT OF LAW BY A JURY OF THEIR PEERS**