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SOMERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT

SOMERVILLE, MA
Incident Report #8029209
L...---';"_-" Report Entered: 08/19/2008 20:05:10

Not For Public Release Date/Time Printed: Tue Aug 19 23:26:36 EDT 2008 By: shah
Case Title Location AptlUnit #

Date/Time Reported Date/Time Occurred

08119/2008 19:16:00 to
Incident Type/Offense
DISORDERLY CONDUCT c272 S53 (272/531F )
Reporting Officer Approving Officer
SILVA 1\1(212) ()

Offenses
Charge # Charge Code Charge NffiRS Code NffiRS Offense
1 272/S3/F DISORDERLY CONDUCT d72 SS3 90C DISORDERLY CONDUCT
2 268/32B RESISTING ARREST c:268S32B 90Z ALL OTHER OFFENSES
3 26S113D/A A AND B ON POLICE OFFICER C26S S13D 13B SIMPLE ASSAULT
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Persons
Role Name Sex Race Age DOB Home Phone Address
220 WASHINGTON
VICTIM SILVA, MICHAEL MALE ST SOMERVILLE,
MA
INVOLVED
PARTY

Offenders
Status Name Sex Race Age DOB Home Phone Address

DEFENDANT MEDEmOS, MARlA COSTA FEMALE

SOMERVILLE,
MA

Vehicles
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Property
Class Description Make Model Serial # Value
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Narrative

On the above date at 16:20, I was on patrol in marked cruiser 181. and was dispatched with Ofc.
Shah to the above address for a dispute between a boyfriend and girlfriend.

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Upon our arrival we spoke with the reporting party, who stated that he was
moving out of his ex-fiancee's apanment and she was prohibiting him from doing so. He said
she had been drinking and was becoming verbally abusive. He just wanted her to leave the
apanment so he could move out without any further confrontations.

We then spoke to his ex-fiancee, She was highly emotional and distressed. I
could smell a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from her. I asked her if she had
been drinking and she said "Absolutely. Yes I have." I asked her if she had drank a lot of alcohol
and she replied "Yes." When I questioned egarding what was going on that
required the police she stated that she had no idea why we were there. Ofc. Shah took
aside to speak with her and I spoke to

Mr. ~formed me that they were breaking up because of her drinking problem and that
she gets physically abusive to ds him. I asked him if she was on any medication and he
stated that she is.••••
Somerville police responded to.
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I then spoke with Ms~d asked her if she is on any medication and she replied that she
is not. I then asked her if she would like to go to the hospital and speak to someone because
she was obviously very upset. Ms. said she did not. She repeatedly stated that she just
wanted Mr. 0 leave and we repeatedly told her that he w~to. Her next door
neighbor, Maria Medeiros. offered to let her stay there while Mr. _emoved the rest of his
belongings. Ms.~greed to go next door and not return until Mr. as gone. Mr.
as advised to call the police if she returned to argue with him and that he was not
to coiifront her.

At 17:44, we were dispatched to the above address again because Ms~ad re~
and began to argue with Mr. Upon our arrival we spoke to both parties. Ms.•••
had returned next door to Maria Medeiros' apartment. We made sure there had not been a physical
altercation and that no one was injured. We advised M again. to allow Mr.-
to move out and not to return to her apartment until he was gone. .

At 19:16, we were dispatched again to the same address because Ms. ~ad
app~ emailed Mr .•••• that she wanted to harm herself. Upon our arrival we spoke to
Ms.-,and she again acted as if she had no idea why we were there. We explained to her
that she had emailed statements to Mr.~hat she intended to harm herself and that she
needed to go to the hospital to speak to someone. She kept stalling by asking questions and
moving further into the house away from the front door. She finally agreed to go to the
hospital and began walking to the front door with us. Mrs. Medeiros entered the house and started
asking questions and ho~s.~ack from walking to the door. I informed
Mrs. Medeiros that Ms~as going to the hospital because she had made threats of suicide
to Mr. s. Medeiros pushed me aside and said "She's not going anywhere!" I asked "

her to step aside so we could escort Ms. utside. Mrs. Medeiros refused and continued
to be argumentative. I stepped towards Ms. d Mrs. Medeiros pushed my hands away
and yelled "You can't touch her!" I asked her to step aside and she refused. I informed her that if
she didn't step aside she was going to leave me no choice but to place her into custody.
She continued to be argumentative and combative. I attempted to place her into custody and she
became increasingly combative. I was struck in the head during the struggle; at which point
I ordered her to stop resisting or I would have to spray her with my department issued capstun.
She encouraged me to spray her so I did. After she was sprayed I was able to safely subdue her. '

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Meanwhile, Ore. Shah removed Ms~om the house since she was exacerbating
the situation by yelling and screaming. As we led the women out of the house, at least five or six
people came running out of Mrs. Medeiros's house yelling and screaming. M~d
Mrs. Medeiros continued yelling. I called Somerville dispatch via my portable~o send
additional units as now we needed crowd control. People were coming out of their houses due
to the commotion in the street. Mrs. Medeiros became even more verbally abusive and
combative. Several of her family members urged her to stop arguing and to comply with the
police. She continued to argue until the mobile transport unit arrived. She initially refused to get
in stating she was not physically able but then hopped right in with no problem. Mrs. Medeiros
was transported to the Somerville Police Station and processed.

Mr. arrived at the Somerville Police Station to bail his wife out and
made threatening statements towards me, to the console operator see
Exhibit A)

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