July 8
The ripped shirt
At approximately 10:15 p.m., Officer William Brouillet responded to a Loudon Road apartment regarding a domestic disturbance.
According to Brouillet's report, the caller reported that her son had been assaulted by his girlfriend, later identified as Joleen Gourley, 26, of Concord, who had since left the apartment.
Brouillet wrote that upon arrival, he was met by the alleged victim and the man's mother. The man told Brouillet that he and Gourley had a verbal argument which turned physical. According to the man, he was lying in bed with the couple's infant daughter, when Gourley came into the bedroom and began yelling at him to get out of her bed. The man said that this caused the infant to start crying.
The man told Brouillet that he then got out of bed and picked up their daughter in an attempt to calm her. He said that at this point, Gourley got really close to them and yelled at him to go sleep on the couch. She then attacked him and ripped the T-shirt he was wearing off of his body, the man said.
The man claimed that afterward, Gourley threw the man's clothes around the bedroom and ripped up some of his paperwork. She then left the bedroom and went into the bathroom, where she struck the door numerous times with her cell phone. The man said Gourley broke her phone because of this and also put a hole in the door. According to the man, at this point Gourley left the apartment with her 5-year-old son and went to her father's house.
The man told Brouillet that he initially called his mother looking for advice. He said that his mom subsequently came over to the apartment to speak with him. Shortly after his mother arrived, Gourley came back to the apartment and screamed at him and his mother before leaving once again, the man said.
According to the report, the man showed Brouillet the T-shirt that Gourley ripped off him. Brouillet observed what appeared to be fresh scrape marks on the man's left shoulder, lower right back and right bicep area. Brouillet wrote that he also saw a red mark on the right side of the man's neck. The man told Brouillet that he believed the marks came from Gourley's fingernails while she was attacking him and ripping his shirt off.
Brouillet wrote that he then went into the bathroom and saw a hole on the inside of the door. He also saw a cell phone in three pieces sitting on the counter.
The man explained to Brouillet that he and Gourley had been living together for approximately three years. He said that the couple has had numerous physical altercations in the past.
While Brouillet was waiting for the man and his mother to finish their statements, Gourley called numerous times, Brouillet wrote. Eventually, Brouillet answered the phone and identified himself to her. Immediately, Gourley handed the phone to her father. Brouillet told him what happened and asked him to bring Gourley to the station, Brouillet wrote.
At the station, Brouillet placed Gourley under arrest for simple assault and criminal mischief. A personal recognizance bail was set for $2,000. She is due in court July 27.
July 6
The sunken keys
At approximately 5:52 p.m., Officer Joseph Pitta was at the Heights fire station when a firefighter told him that there was a woman at the station saying that she wanted her “daddy.”
According to Pitta's report, Pitta went outside and met with the woman he recognized as Marilyn Slocum, 48, of Concord.
Slocum told Pitta that she had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend while they were at Turtle Pond. She said that he hit her in the face with the back of his hand, but could not tell Pitta which side he hit her on. Pitta wrote that she did not have any marks on her face.
Slocum told Pitta that she was angry with her boyfriend because he told her that she was “acting like a baby” and he would not help her with her fishing pole, Pitta wrote. She said that she was arguing with him, “got scared” and then threw her boyfriend's folding knife into the pond.
Slocum said she then threw her boyfriend's fishing gear into the pond. She said she was able to get some of things back before she demanded he drive her home, Pitta wrote.
According to Slocum, once in the car her boyfriend put the keys in the ignition. She then took them and threw those into the pond, too. “I asked her why she threw the keys in the pond if she wanted him to bring her home,” Pitta wrote. “She told me that she did it because she was mad at him.”
Slocum said that when she took the keys, he hit her in the face. According to Slocum, she attempted to find the keys but could not locate them. She then got a ride to the fire station from an unknown man who drove a purple van, she said.
Slocum told Pitta that her bicycle was at her boyfriend's apartment, but he was still at Turtle Pond with his car. Officer Melissa Pfefferle gave Slocum a ride home, while Pitta and Sgt. Ranee Boyd went to Turtle Pond to speak with the Slocum's boyfriend, Pitta wrote.
At Turtle Pond, Pitta wrote that the officers found Slocum's boyfriend standing outside of his car. There were several bystanders who were looking along the edge of the pond for his car keys.
“He told me that he and his girlfriend, Slocum, had come to the pond to go fishing. He said that she was 'being a b – – – -' all day,” Pitta wrote.
The man told Pitta that at around 5 p.m., she became upset with him because she wanted him to help her with her fishing pole. When he told her that he was busy setting up his own pole, she began throwing things in the pond, the man said.
The man said that Slocum demanded that he drive her home, so they both got into his car. He said that while buckling his seatbelt, Slocum took his keys out of the ignition. He suspected that she was going to throw them into the pond, so he tried to take them away from her. He was unable to, so she threw them into the pond, he said.
“He said that while he reached for the keys his hand made contact with her face but said that he did not hit her or push her,” Pitta wrote.
According to the report, Pitta gave the man a ride to his apartment. Afterward, Pitta and Officer James Fallon went to Slocum's residence and placed her under arrest for criminal mischief. A personal recognizance bail was set for $500. She is due in court. Aug. 20.
