Crime & Safety
Concord Woman Arrested for Attacking Sister
Police allege that Tammy Fawcett punched, scratched, and pulled the other woman's hair in a fight about clothing.
A local woman was arraigned this week on a number of charges after an incident at a family member’s apartment last month.
Tammy J. Fawcett, 47, of Concord, was arrested at 6:18 p.m. on March 13, simple assault (personal weapons), criminal trespass, and resisting arrest or detention.
An officer was called to High Street for a report of a domestic disturbance with dispatch reporting that there was a woman in the background screaming. As the officer headed to the scene, police received a call from Fawcett who alleged that her sister had assaulted her, coming “after her with a screwdriver.”
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The officer arrived at the scene and saw Fawcett and her husband standing on the sidewalk a few houses away from the scene. The officer stopped and spoke to Fawcett, who was allegedly “extremely angry,” about what happened.
Fawcett reportedly stated that she came to her sister’s apartment to pick up some of her clothes, since she had stayed there for a few weeks. She found the front door open and walked in. Fawcett alleged that her sister attacked her, pushed her toward a door, and told her to get out. The sister allegedly grabbed a screwdriver and came at her, pushing her out the door, where she fell on the ground. Fawcett’s husband ran over, pulled the woman off her, and took the screwdriver from her, according to Fawcett.
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A Boscawen Police officer arrived to assist while the reporting officer went in to speak with the victim.
The sister, who was “crying and hysterical,” said she was sitting on a stool in her kitchen waiting for a friend to show up when Fawcett allegedly barged in uninvited and started screaming at her about her clothes. The woman denied possession of any clothes and Fawcett allegedly attacked her.
“(The sister) said she told Fawcett several times to get out of her apartment and Fawcett refused to leave,” the officer reported.
Fawcett, she alleged, punched her in the face several times and grabbed her by the head. She allegedly scratched her and pulled several clumps of hair from her head, according to the sister, offering the loose hair as evidence.
The sister reportedly was able to get Fawcett to the front door and pushed her out of the apartment.
The officer asked about the screwdriver and the sister said that she keeps it on a shelf by the door. The officer checked the shelf and the screwdriver was inside a cup with some pens.
“It did not look as if it even had been touched,” the officer alleged.
The officer went to speak to Fawcett about the incident, and had her walk through exactly what happened again. When asked why she didn’t leave when asked to repeatedly, she allegedly stated she wanted her clothes. When it was explained to her that her sister had a right to protect herself in her home, Fawcett reportedly said “something to the fact that she did not agree with the law.”
Her husband also reportedly denied any knowledge of a screwdriver.
Fawcett was arrested and allegedly called the officer “an idiot” several times. During a check of her pockets, Fawcett asked if her sister was going to be arrested and when the officer said "No," she allegedly “went into a rage” and pushed her body back toward the officer. She later reportedly dropped her weight and threw herself to the ground and refused to get up when ordered to.
Eventually, a detective and the officer were able to get her up and into the cruiser. During transportation, Fawcett allegedly told the officer that “her lawyer was going to have a field day with this case and I better watch out.”
Fawcett was arraigned on April 21.
Editor’s note: The following story was derived from information supplied by the Concord Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
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