Police Log: Malden Woman Tries to Fight Man on Cottage Avenue

The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Malden Woman Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Man with Knife on Cottage Avenue

A Malden woman allegedly used a small folding knife to threaten a man Tuesday night outside of a Cottage Avenue residence.

Danielle M. Westphal, 42, was arrested by Arlington Police soon after the incident. She was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, attempt to commit a crime and malicious destruction of property over $250.

The man told police that he was watching TV with his girlfriend at about 11 p.m. when Westphal, who was unknown to him at the time, kicked in a basement window and said that she was an “Arlington Cop” with a warrant for his arrest. The man said he went outside, and that’s when Westphal threw a punch at him and threatened him with the knife. He said he pushed Westphal back from him right before police arrived.

Westphal told police that she and the man were having sex in the Cottage Avenue apartment when he began to strangle her. She said she then broke the window and crawled out. Police said it was evident that the window was broken from the outside, corroborating the man’s story.

A friend who dropped off Westphal at the residence also backed the man’s story. She said that she and Westphal were looking to get revenge on the man for past drug transactions gone awry. However, she said she did not know what Westphal had planned.

Gardner Street Break-In

A Gardner Street apartment was broken into Tuesday afternoon and more than $4,500 worth of electronics and jewelry was reported taken.

Woman Shoplifts Dietary Products

A middle-aged woman reportedly shoplifted dietary products from the Walgreens at 324 Massachusetts Ave. at about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. She took off in a blue Mazda station wagon, a store employee told police.

Notable Incidents on Tuesday, May 1

10:58 p.m., Cottage Avenue, Attempt to commit a crime (see above)

5:33 p.m., Garden Street, Breaking and entering during the day for felony (see above)

4:27 p.m., Hilton Street, Larceny under $250

1:18 p.m., CVS, Broadway, Motor vehicle crash, leaving the scene of property damage

11:24 a.m., , Massachusetts Avenue, Shoplifting by concealing merchandise (see above)

12:48 a.m., Massachusetts Avenue and Harlow Street, Operation of a motor vehicle after revocation of registration