When a deputy responded to a recent domestic incident, they were met by a juvenile witness who said their mother had been struck by a man who was angry about being asked to move out. He was in court this week, charged with a felony.

Alejandro Garcia, 30, Linton, has been charged with domestic battery committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years of age, a Level 6 felony.

Garcia was arrested on Wednesday, October 10, by Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy Heather Wood after she was dispatched to a domestic at an apartment in Linton.

Deputy Wood said when she arrived, she was met by a juvenile under the age of 10 who told her about arguments between their mother and Garcia. The juvenile explained how they had taken a younger child with them to go into a bedroom where they locked the door to hide. The juvenile said Garcia had gone into another bedroom and knocked stuff over and that their mother had been hit during the altercation.

Deputy Wood reported that when she talked to the mother, the mother said Garcia had been asked to leave the apartment several times following a break-up days before. She said he was supposed to move out but kept returning. Earlier that evening, he returned and was irate, tried to take her house key, was stomping and yelling and hit her before he left. She locked the door after he left.

Garcia then allegedly returned again, was trying to get in and kept banging on the door and yelling until law enforcement arrived.

A probable cause affidavit prepared by Deputy Wood indicates that when she talked to Garcia, he dodged questions before finally admitting he had struck the woman.

Garcia was transported and booked in to the Greene County Jail where his bond was set at $4,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed.

He appeared in Greene Superior Court on Wednesday for his initial hearing.

As of early Friday, he had not posted bond and remained in jail.