PERU – Recently, a father and son were arrested after resisting and fighting with police officers during a domestic situation in Miami County.
James Gilland, 41, and his son Kyle Gilland, 21, both from Peru, were incarcerated in the Miami County Jail. Kyle faces criminal charges for three counts of battery with bodily injury, two counts for battery on a law enforcement officer causing bodily injury, resisting law enforcement, intimidation, and disorderly conduct. James was arrested for obstruction of justice and resisting law enforcement officers.
Sunday at approximately 10:35 p.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and the Miami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 1240 block of North N. Paw Paw Pike, in Peru after a report that there was an intoxicated male making threats to shoot the occupants of the home during a custody dispute. Sheriff officers arrived on the scene first. An ISP trooper arrived approximately a minute later.
The trooper observed two sheriff officers on the ground attempting to handcuff James Gilland. As the trooper exited his police car, he purportedly observed Kyle Gilland allegedly punch the sheriff officer’s face. One of the sheriff’s officers attempted to utilize his TASER device on Kyle but the probes missed him. The trooper utilized his TASER device hitting Kyle who fell to the ground. Kyle purportedly continued to resist, as the TASER device probes allegedly became disengaged. James and Kyle attempted to get in a vehicle and flee the scene. They were eventually taken into custody at gunpoint. It is alleged that a male occupant of the home was also battered by Kyle Gilland during the incident.
The injured sheriff officer and occupant of the home drove themselves to Dukes Memorial Hospital. They were treated for minor injuries.
Kyle and James were checked and medically cleared by ambulance personnel at the scene.
Miami County correctional officers brought caged transport vehicles to the scene. Kyle refused to willingly get into the vehicle claiming to be a three-time black belt and that his hands were registered weapons. Officers carried him and placed him in the vehicle. James complied and walked to the transport vehicle willingly.
No guns were located at the scene.
Assisting at the scene were numerous Indiana State Police officers, the Peru Police Department, Dukes Hospital EMS, and the Miami County Sheriff’s Office.
