Cooperation

i would like to get off early.

i have extra time to burn off.

i was going to get off at ten, but at 9:40 the assault calls start rolling in.

one after the other.

dispatch pairs available units.

i am left alone and the only local unit.

then the assault call comes in. 2nd had report.

brother has his niece and nephew with him. they fled their home. mom and live in girlfriend are fighting. the kids has marks. mom and girlfriend are still at house fighting.

i arrive on scene. i am lucky enough to snag an OSP trooper.

no one answers the door. i can see inside the house. no movement, no sound.
i knock again and again, each time thumping harder.
finally the two women come to the door.

clear the house and women to make sure the scene is safe.

separate the women. both have minor scratches. both say nothing happen. there are signs of a struggle.
"nothing happened. it was an argument that started with the kids not doing the chores and it got heated. we made the kids leave so they wouldn't see us yelling."

i have no victim and suspect. i have no primary aggressor, with that no one goes to jail

brother has brought the kids the scene. both are shaking. the boy has marks on his neck from a hand. the kids versions of what happened are a little more telling.

girlfriend had been mad all day. they come home and the two kids are bickering about cleaning the kitchen. girlfriend gets mad starts yelling at kids. mom joins argument. mom and girlfriend start yelling, pushing and shoving. girlfriend pushes mom into master bathroom. the boy doesn't like it tries to say something. girlfriend chokes the boy leaving a mark. girlfriend goes into bathroom for about a minute. girlfriend comes out of bathroom pushes boy. boy pushes girlfriend and then mom comes out pushes girlfriend.

girlfriend now takes boys PSP and throws it in yards. kid go to get PSP. mom and girlfriend shut front door and begin wrestling, which kids can see through window and want back in house. mom yells at kids tell them to walk to uncle's house. (which over 5 miles away, at night with no shoes).

i ask mom what happened again and why her son has marks?
"i don't know. nothing happened"
-stop playing games tell me what happened"
"nothing happened. Can I...."
-NO. sit there and be quiet.

mom has chosen girlfriend, over her kid.

I go to talk to girlfriend.
-what happened and why does the boy have marks on his neck?'
"nothing happened. i didn't touch anyone"
-really? how come nothing happened and everything else indicates something happened?

girlfriend switches in to tough guy routine.
"i want a cigarette. i told you what happened. i never touched the N@@@@@r kid."

i am done.
-put your hands behind your back
"i didn't do anything"
-that's okay you are under arrest for harassment and strangulation. you have the right....

she squirms and screams and yells "i love you" to mom. i push her screaming into the car. she has amped up her tantrum. she wants me to give her property to mom. the cell phone/key to car/money in pocket.
-NO, I won't

she acts tough and throws racial slurs at the kids the whole trip to the jail. she denies anything happened. she is mad about the phone and keys. they were the only ones and the couple shared them.
-I don't care.

kids stay with uncle for the night. i get to take pictures of his neck and interview him again. he continues to shake the whole time.

i am stuck with 3 hours of follow-up/paper before I get to go home. as well as the phone calls to DHS and crisis advocate who can talk to a 15 yr old boy and tell him why mom and girlfriend fight and why mom chose girlfriend.