On December 31, 2025, at 10:05 p.m. Gibson County Central Dispatch received a report of a physical domestic altercation in the 100 block of East 780 South near Fort Branch. Multiple law enforcement officers were dispatched to the scene and upon arriving Haubstadt Police Officer Jason Marceaux and Indiana State Trooper Robert Kincaid separated all the parties and had detained two of them.
Upon arriving Deputy Wyatt Hunt began an investigation into the incident where he spoke with all parties involved in the incident. At the conclusion of his investigation 21-year-old Keaton Benefiel was taken into custody and transported to the Gibson County Detention Center where he was charged with Domestic Battery and Interference with the Report of a Crime.
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