Roslindale girl broke into ex’s home with bat, attacked his dad and mom

A 19-year-old Roslindale girl is accused of breaking into her former boyfriend’s residence with a baseball bat, assaulting his dad and mom, and rummaging via an upstairs bed room, based on prosecutors.

Alyssah G. Harrison pleaded not responsible Wednesday in West Roxbury Municipal Court docket to prices of residence invasion, assault with a harmful weapon, assault and battery, and malicious destruction of property, The Boston Globe reported, citing data from Suffolk District Lawyer Kevin Hayden’s workplace.

Round 1 p.m. on July 22, police had been known as to a property close to Highcrest Street and Highcrest Terrace after a resident reported {that a} girl was inside his residence vandalizing it, based on the Globe.

The person informed police he and his spouse had been residence when Harrison, whom they acknowledged as their son’s former girlfriend, arrived at their entrance door and swung an aluminum baseball bat that shattered a glass display earlier than coming into the home, based on officers.

When the couple approached Harrison, she allegedly pushed the lady and punched her within the face, prosecutors mentioned. Harrison then allegedly threatened the couple whereas holding the bat in a “cocked place” earlier than heading upstairs.

The couple informed police they heard Harrison rummaging via drawers in a second-floor bed room. Their son later informed investigators he believed Harrison had been attempting to entry cash stored in an upstairs protected, based on the Globe.

The husband left the house to contact safety whereas his spouse confronted Harrison upstairs. The 2 girls bought right into a bodily altercation earlier than Harrison fled, prosecutors mentioned. The couple declined medical consideration.

“It’s not onerous to think about the worry these owners will need to have skilled when their peaceable day at residence was immediately turned chaotic and violent by an armed intruder,” Hayden mentioned in an announcement obtained by the Globe.

Harrison was launched on private recognizance and ordered to adjust to a restraining order and keep away from the house, the alleged victims, and witnesses, based on the report.

Harrison is due again in court docket for a pretrial listening to on Oct. 2.

Morgan Rousseau is a contract author for Boston.com, the place she reviews on a wide range of native and regional information.