INDIANAPOLIS — A former officer with the Avon Police Department was taken into custody Wednesday and charged in connection with an alleged domestic dispute.
Around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, deputies with the Hendrick's County Sheriff's Office responded to South County Road 550 West near Coatesville to investigate a report of a domestic dispute that had allegedly occurred over the previous weekend.
As a result of the investigation, an arrest warrant was issued for 31-year-old Alexander Howell, of Coatesville.
According to court documents, Howell's wife told police that he was intoxicated and physically attacked her, placing her in a choke hold and preventing her from leaving during the incident. She also told police that Howell threatened to kill her father if she called him to come get her, according to court documents.
Howell's wife showed an officer of bruising on her side and said when she spoke with Howell later, he claimed not to remember the event due to his intoxication level, according to the court documents.
Shortly after 9 p.m. on April 5, Howell was located at a home in the 5400 block of County Road 50 South in Howard County by the Howard County Sheriff's Office. Howell was taken into custody without incident, police said.
Howell was taken to the Hendricks County Jail and has been charged with criminal confinement, strangulation and domestic battery. As of Thursday morning, Howell was being held without bond.
In an email message Wednesday night, Avon Deputy Chief of Police Brian Nugent told 13News his department was notified around 9 p.m. that Howell was taken into custody.
Nugent said Howell worked for Avon Police from 2015 until September 2022, when he resigned for personal reasons.
"While we are deeply saddened to learn of this incident, we appreciate the professionalism of the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department, Howard County Sheriff’s Department, as well as the integrity of the impending judicial process that Mr. Howell is entitled to at this time," Nugent said in the statement.