Cottonwood man accused of bashing in ex-wife's windows

A Cottonwood man is in the Tehama County Jail after he allegedly used a baseball bat to smash windows at his ex-wife’s home on Bowman Road.

Darren Lee Swindle, 44, was arrested and booked on suspicion of felony vandalism on Thursday.

Swindle’s ex-wife, Tamara Lynn Winters, 37, called Tehama County Sheriff’s deputies. Swindle was later found walking along Bowman Road in Cottonwood.

Winters was not injured.

Deputies discovered that Swindle had used a bat that he found at Winters’ home.

Swindle is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.

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