Bond has been set at $100,000 for a 23-year-old Salem man who has been charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery and criminal damage to property.
Matthew Whiting of West Warmouth Street is accused in the aggravated battery charge of causing bodily harm by using a metal bat to intentionally strike an Iuka man in the head. Whiting faces an extended term sentence if found guilty due to a prior conviction in Marion County.
The criminal damage charge is a misdemeanor where Whiting is accused of causing damage to the same alleged victim’s car by hitting it was the bat.
Salem Police say the damage to the car set up the physical confrontation between the two men.
The alleged victim was treated at Salem Township Hospital for his injuries.
Whiting remains in custody. If released on bond, he was ordered to have no contact with the victim, his residence, or place of employment. Whiting has had the public defender appointed to represent him.
