TEWKSBURY — The Tewksbury Police Department arrested and charged a Tewksbury woman with assaulting employees and police while causing a disturbance at a grocery store.
KRISTIN HARTMAN, age 54, of TEWKSBURY, was arrested and charged with:
- Disorderly Conduct
- Resisting Arrest
- Assault and Battery on a Police Officer (Two Counts)
- Operating Under the Influence of Liquor
- Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (Shod Foot)
- Vandalizing Property
- Assault and Battery
- Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (Shopping Cart)
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, at approximately 11:55 a.m., Tewksbury Police were called to a supermarket at 1900 Main St., for a report of a woman yelling, swearing and causing a disturbance.
Officers arrived on scene and located an individual identified as HARTMAN at the store’s customer service counter.
An on scene investigation, which included review of surveillance footage, determined that HARTMAN pushed a Market Basket employee and hit another with a shopping cart while yelling profanities inside the store.
When police arrived, HARTMAN struck a sergeant with her hand and kicked an officer while actively resisting arrest. HARTMAN was eventually taken into custody without injury.
The investigation also determined that HARTMAN was under the influence and had driven to the store.
Upon being booked at the Tewksbury Police station, HARTMAN continued to scream expletives and intentionally clogged the toilet in her holding cell with paper products and her prisoner shoes.
HARTMAN was arraigned Tuesday in Lowell District Court, where she was released on personal recognizance on the condition that she abstain from alcohol, have no contact with victims in the case, and stay away from Market Basket.
These are allegations. All defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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