PEORIA, Ill. – A woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries after allegedly being pistol whipped during a home invasion early Friday morning in Peoria.

Peoria Police says officers were called just before 3:00 A.M. to the area of Wayne and Perry on reports of a male causing a disturbance.

A 36-year-old female victim told police they reportedly had engaged in an altercation with 39-year-old Donald Criss.

Criss then allegedly forced himself inside the residence and struck her in the head with a handgun.

Criss was found by police inside the residence and arrested on charges of Home Invasion, Aggravated Domestic Battery, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon, and Aggravated Battery. He was taken to the Peoria County Jail.

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