The Carmi Police Department and The White County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call concerning a male and female involved in a physical altercation. On Wednesday October 27th at around 12:50 PM, local Law Enforcement was dispatched to Wal-Mart in reference to a male threatening to kill a female. When the Officers arrived, they found 27 year old Elizabeth M Bailey of 606 N Fourth Street, Carmi and 30 year old Michael Burch also of 606 N Fourth Street. Both parties wanted to sign a complaint for Domestic and both had obvious injuries from the altercation. As a result, both were arrested and charged with Aggravated Domestic Battery.
When Officers ran their information through dispatch it was discovered that Bailey and Burch had Failure to Appear Warrants out of Wayne County, Burch for Aggravated Battery, and Bailey for Disorderly Conduct.
Burch and Bailey were transported to the White County Jail and both are being held on $500 bond.
