Officer Balsley with the Plymouth Police Department arrested a man for Battery following an investigation at the Economy Inn on Sunday, September 19th.
At about 4:15 Sunday afternoon Marshall County Central Dispatch received a call advising that a female had been battered at the Economy Inn. Prior to officers arriving, the male fled the scene.
Officers with the Plymouth Police Department investigated the battery but were unable to locate the male in question at the time.
The suspect was 42-year-old Jeremy J. Clayton of Osceola. At about 5:17 in the evening, officers were called back out to the Economy Inn where they located Clayton.
Clayton was transported to the hospital for jail clearance and then to the Marshall County Jail where he was booked in for Battery-Serious Bodily Injury, Public Intoxication, and Disorderly Conduct and held on a $3,000 cash bond.
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