A Crown Point man was charged with his second domestic violence case this year.

Joseph I. Miyake, 37, was charged July 3 with two counts of domestic battery.

He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.

His lawyer Russell Brown did not respond to a request for comment Friday.

When Crown Point police responded to Miyake’s home on the 4800 block of W. 92nd Ave. on July 1 after a 911 call, he eventually admitted he broke a vase with a baseball bat, according to charging documents.

His wife said he smashed a Google Home device after they started arguing.

Then, he dragged her 6-year-old son by his shirt toward the door and told him, “get out.” The boy said afterwards his neck hurt.

The woman said Miyake took a baseball bat and destroyed a vase on the kitchen counter. A broken piece flew off and hit her near her eye.

In handcuffs, Miyake collapsed momentarily outside. He was taken to the hospital then transported to jail.

Court filings show his wife filed for divorce the next day — July 2.

In the earlier case, he was charged June 6 with three counts of domestic battery and one count of strangulation for an incident on Feb. 17.

A charging affidavit states Miyake’s wife called police. He pulled and twisted her arm, trying to grab her cellphone. He slapped her, then choked her from behind, charges allege.

She got away, then grabbed his cell off the bed and locked herself in the nearby bathroom. He took a power drill and took the doorknob off.

Officers saw red marks on her neck, elbow and wrist, plus other marks on her right hand from another incident.

A different son, 12, told officers that Miyake shoved him aside when he went to check on his mom.

A man with the same name, birthday and address as Miyake is listed as a Highland family law and civil attorney.

His firm didn’t return a request for comment Friday.

Both trials are scheduled in October.

A special prosecutor, former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, is prosecuting both cases. He was not immediately available for comment Monday.

Four women — former state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon and then-statehouse staffers Niki DaSilva, Samantha Lozano, Gabrielle McLemore — dropped a lawsuit in December against Hill, accusing him of drunkenly groping them during a post-statehouse session wrap party at an Indianapolis bar in 2018.

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