Dispatcher, nephew arrested after fight
Staff writer
A Marion County dispatcher and her nephew were arrested July 8 after a violent incident at her grandparents’ home.
Interim police chief Zach Hudlin said police were called to the 400 block of Roosevelt St. for a disturbance.
The family had gathered for a birthday party, and dispatcher Jessica M. Snyder, 41, had got into a fight with her 18-year-old nephew, Gilbert E. Ramirez, who was chasing around his two younger brothers and hitting them with a stick.
Snyder began hitting Ramirez with a stick.
When Marion officer Dustin Woodford got to the address, Snyder was in the yard, and Ramirez was across the street.
Woodford arrested Snyder on suspicion of domestic battery.
She was booked into McPherson County Jail, and held until the following day and then released without bond. Her booking photo shows injury to her face.
Woodford arrested Ramirez on suspicion of battery and endangering a child. He was booked into Marion County Jail and released the following day on a $5,000 surety bond.
Hudlin said a charge of domestic battery would not apply to Ramirez because his brothers are younger than 18. It would apply to Snyder because at one time Ramirez had lived with her and her husband.
Asked whether disciplinary sanctions would be taken against Snyder, Undersheriff Larry Starkey declined to comment because it was “a personnel matter.”