The Bloomfield Police Department was dispatched to a call on May 24 regarding a man striking himself in the head eight times, which later resulted in the man’s arrest on a handful of charges.

Dante Gordon, 23, of Bloomfield called the Greene County Sheriff’s Department after hitting himself in the head eight times. Gordon told Bloomfield Police Department Deputy Officer Cody Loncaric and Greene County Sheriff’s Department Reserve Deputy Bobby Just that he wanted to speak outside rather than inside in front of his child. He told the officers his name was the “King”. Lieutenant Marvin Holt of the Bloomfield Police Department asked why he hit himself and he said self-inflicted pain is the only way to get one's point across.

Lt. Holt and Reserve Deputy Just went back into the building to speak with an individual who had been in the apartment with Gordon; however, Gordon refused to wait outside with Loncaric during that time. Holt explained that the individual was going to be leaving the apartment with a child. Gordon became aggressive and told the officers to come and take the child from him. Gordon told officers they would have to go through the seven gates (of hell) to get the child and demanded they leave his residence.

Officers determined it was in his best interest to have an evaluation at Greene County General Hospital due to his behavior and actions at the scene.

Gordon was uncooperative with officers as they attempted to get him in a vehicle to transport him to Greene County General Hospital. After a short while, he became cooperative and was transported to Greene County General Hospital by Holt.

While at the hospital, Gordon was uncooperative with staff members and refused to stay in his room. Loncaric wrote in the probable cause affidavit that a hospital staff member requested assistance with Gordon. When Loncaric entered the hospital room, he observed Dante being secured to the bed by Linton Police Officer Blazier and hospital staff. Gordon was physically resisting Officer Blazier by pulling his right arm away and pulling his left arm away from hospital security while being restrained. After Gordon was secured to the bed, Officer Blazier advised Loncaric that during the incident Gordon had aggressively poked him twice in the chest.

Gordon was saying things that seemed out of the ordinary according to Lt. Holt, who had previous dealings with him. Loncaric went to speak with the individual who had been in the apartment previously. She said someone had given Gordon methamphetamine.

The individual said leading up to the altercation, she told Gordon multiple times to get out of her face but he kept getting closer. She said he shoved her onto the couch, preventing her from leaving. She said he placed his hands on her neck while making a statement about death. During that time, she said, her breathing was slightly restricted. She said he let go of her neck for a second but grabbed it again. She said that while this indecent was taking place, the child was crawling on the floor. She said she told him to stop acting like that around the child but he didn’t listen. She said she stood up from the couch and he blocked her from leaving. While he was blocking her from leaving, she said, she tried to push him away and accidentally scratched him. She said she did not recall anything after that point. Officers noticed slight bruising around the front and sides of her neck as well as several marks on her forearms which she said were from Gordon holding her.

On May 25, Gordon was admitted to the Hendrick’s Behavioral Hospital in Plainfield.

Gordon was arrested June 13 by Deputy Jordan Allor with bond set at $17,000 surety with 10 percent cash allowed.

He was charged with:

Domestic Battery committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old, a Level 6 Felony
Strangulation, a Level 6 Felony
Confinement, a Level 6 Felony
Battery Against a Public Safety Official, a Level 6 Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement, a Class A Misdemeanor