Galesburg Police last Tuesday, July 13th was dispatched to Whitesboro Street for a report of a physical domestic dispute involving a weapon. Officers met with the female victim who told police she was at the Whitesboro Street address visiting her mother. She told police, her mother’s boyfriend, 57-year old Thomas Mullhatten Jr. and her do not get along and he has a history of battering her mother. While at the address, unprovoked – according to police reports, Mullhatten began yelling obscenities at her and she responded with more obscenities. Mullhatten then grabbed a hammer from the garage and threw it at the victim striking her in the temple. She began punching him, while he picked up the hammer and struck her in the hand with it causing a laceration. She then got back into her vehicle and called 911. Mullhatten then threw the hammer at her vehicle. Police then interviewed an uncooperative Mullhatten who, through slurred speech, claimed the laceration on his knee and face was due to him falling in the driveway. The hammer was found in the middle of the road. Mullhatten was then taken into custody and charged with Domestic Battery with a prior conviction, and Aggravated Battery with a Weapon.
