• Aggravated Battery posing a substantial risk of death, a level three felony
• Criminal Confinement while armed with a deadly weapon, a level three felony
• Criminal Confinement resulting in serious bodily injury, a level three felony
• Criminal Confinement with moderate bodily injury, a level four felony
• Criminal Confinement where a vehicle is used, a level five felony
• Criminal Confinement, a level six felony
• Kidnapping with serious bodily injury, a level three felony
• Kidnapping with moderate bodily injury, a level four felony
• Domestic Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, a level five felony
• Domestic Battery committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old, a level six felony
• Domestic Battery Resulting in Moderate Bodily Injury, a level six felony

ORIGINAL CONTENT: NORTH JUDSON, Ind.-- On Feb. 9, detectives with the Starke County Sheriff’s Department submitted a report to the Starke County Prosecutor’s office regarding the incident surrounding the Amber Alert that was issued on Friday, Feb. 6.

As a result of the ongoing investigation, the Starke County Prosecutor filed formal charges on 44-year-old Dwayne Clemons of North Judson, Indiana.

Clemons was charged with Aggravated Battery a level three felony, Criminal Confinement a level three felony, Kidnapping a level three felony, Domestic Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury a level five felony, in addition to several other felony counts.

A $250,000 case bond was issued by the Starke Circuit Court. 

Clemons is being held at the Starke County Jail.

This investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the Starke County Sheriff’s Department.