New London police make arrest, take injured woman to hospital.
Anthony Phillips, 34, Shiocton, is charged with battery and disorderly conduct as acts of domestic abuse and with misdemeanor bail jumping.
On Oct. 23, New London Police officers Ben Schmidt and Ryan Gloe were dispatched to a home on Oshkosh Street in response to a domestic complaint.
When they arrived, the officers spoke with a man who accused Phillips of striking the man’s daughter with a belt.
The woman initially said Phillips was no longer at the house.
However, officers reported she kept glancing back toward a bedroom when they asked where Phillips was.
When the officers cleared the house, they reported finding Phillips in a bedroom closet.
Schmidt reported the woman was bleeding behind one of her ears.
At the hospital, the woman told Schmidt that Phillips had been drinking and became angry and aggressive.
According to the criminal complaint, Phillips pushed the woman to the ground, picked up a pair of pants that had a belt with a large cowboy-style buckle, and hit the left side of her head.
Phillips was released from custody after posting a $500 cash bond.
Conditions of the bond included that he have no contact with the woman.
At the time of his arrest on Oct. 23, Phillips was out on bond for a May 9 charge of disorderly conduct as an act of domestic abuse.
He had been released after posting a $150 cash bond.
On Aug. 17, 2016, Phillips was convicted of battery and disorderly conduct as acts of domestic abuse in a Waupaca County case involving the same woman from the Oct. 23 incident.
He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and assessed $889 in court costs and domestic abuse surcharges.