Manchester Woman Accused Of Attacking Concord Man With A Hatchet

CONCORD, NH — A Queen City woman is facing multiple charges after being arrested twice in five weeks including an accusation of assaulting a man with a hatchet.

Around 11 p.m. June 6, officers were sent to a Warren Street address for a report of a domestic incident between two parties that was later determined to be a verbal only incident.

Around 5 a.m. on June 7, officers were sent to North State Street for a report of a woman walking in and out of the street. The first arriving officer found the woman, Brittany Silva Utor, 31, of Ellingwood Street in Manchester, and she claimed she was assaulted by a Concord man. The woman claimed the man dragged her through an apartment by her leg, picked her up by the throat, and held her against a wall.

Other officers went to Warren Street to speak to the man who admitted the previous call from six hours before was not verbal. He claimed he was struck in the chest with the blunt end of a hatchet. The officer eyed a bruise on the man's chest and then, the victim showed him the weapon that was used.

"I put the hatchet next to the bruise on (the man's) chest and the size matched," the officer wrote in an affidavit.

The man also stated that earlier, there was another argument and Silva Utor "attempted to grab his head" and he pushed her away, the report said. He said she might have a scratch on her neck from the defensive maneuver. The man also claimed Silva Utor ripped blinds off his apartment window breaking them, according to the report.

The apartment, the officer noted, "was cluttered," but there was no evidence of a physical altercation or someone being dragged down a hallway. The officer noted the ripped blinds in a pile on the floor.

A warrant was issued for Silva Utor's arrest on second-degree assault-deadly weapon and second-degree assault-domestic violence charges, both felonies, as well as simple assault, domestic violence-simple assault, and criminal mischief charges. She was arrested later and released on bail later with an arraignment date of July 17.

A little less than five weeks later, Silva Utor was arrested again on stalking and two breach of bail charges.

Around 1:30 a.m. July 10, officers were sent to North State Street for an abandoned 911 call as well as a caller hitting an "SOS" signal on their cell phone.

When police arrived in the area, a resident told them he heard screaming from a Warren Street apartment. The officers checked the area, found an open door of a building, and heard a woman "yelling angrily" from an area upstairs. The officers followed the yelling, reached an apartment, and were greeted by the male victim from the previous incident weeks before.

Silva Utor, the affidavit stated, was yelling from another room.

"(The man) confirmed he was the one who called 911," the report said.

Officers spoke to Silva Utor and she had bloodshot, glassy eyes and was slurring her speech, the report said, with beer cans nearby where she was sitting.

"Brittany told me that she knew she was going to get in trouble because there was a restraining order against her," the officer said.

A watch commander confirmed the restraining order as well as Silva Utor's bail conditions which required her to stay away from the victim and to stay sober, the affidavit said. She was then arrested and held on preventive detention.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Concord Police Department and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the removal request process for New Hampshire Patch police reports.

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