Indianapolis firefighter placed on leave from department after domestic battery arrest

A firefighter with the Indianapolis Fire Department, who was arrested on domestic battery and several other charges, is on leave from the department pending an investigation, according to IFD.

Private Nathanial Waldroup, 28, was arrested at a fire station on the south side of Indianapolis Thursday.

He is facing charges of criminal confinement with bodily injury, kidnapping with bodily injury, strangulation, domestic battery, kidnapping using a vehicle, criminal confinement using a vehicle, intimidation, criminal confinement with bodily injury and criminal mischief, according to court records.

Waldroup has been employed by the fire department for two years. His leave is without pay and the department is monitoring the investigation into Waldroup, according to IFD.

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Officers responded to the home of a woman on Tuesday after reports of a delayed domestic assault. She told officers Waldroup assaulted, strangled and held her against her will inside the vehicle of a car for more than three hours Monday, according to a probable cause affidavit for Waldroup’s arrest.

The woman showed signs of bruising to her legs and neck and under her right ear, according to police. She also had bruising and scratches on her hands, hips and lips.

The woman told police she did not have a phone when she was being abused by Waldroup because he had previously smashed it during an argument, according to the probable cause affidavit.

She told police Waldroup got upset and smacked her in the mouth then pinned her down on her neck, making it difficult to breath. She bit Waldroup to escape but he picked her up and slammed down on a bed and then the floor when she tried to leave, according to the affidavit.