Deputies: Battle Creek man arrested for assaulting woman in bank

PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A man was taken into custody after he assaulted a woman inside a bank near Battle Creek Wednesday.

Around 2:35 p.m., employees at a bank on Capital Avenue near Vanarmon Avenue in Pennfield Township called 911 when a man began assaulting a woman there.

Calhoun County sheriff’s deputies arrived to find an off-duty deputy “physically restraining” the suspect. The 33-year-old Battle Creek man was taken into custody.

Both the suspect and the victim were treated for injuries.

The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office said it will seek charges against the man for domestic assault.

“The off-duty deputy’s quick response to the violence kept the victim’s injuries from being any more severe and was key to ensuring the suspect was identified and taken into custody,” the sheriff’s office wrote.

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