Cops: Swearing, Resisting Leads to Arrest

A local woman allegedly yelling vulgarities in an apartment building is due in court in October after being arrested earlier this week.

Joy Smith, 44, of Turnbuckle Lane in Merrimack, was arrested on Sept. 14, 2015, and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

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Officers were sent to Turnbuckle Lane for a report of a domestic incident. When they arrived, according to Sgt. Joseph Goodridge of the Merrimack Police, “Smith was yelling vulgarities in the hallway within the building and was ordered to stop.” An officer attempted to take her into custody after she allegedly continued to swear but she physically resisted. Eventually, the officer was able to take her into custody and she was charged.

Smith is due in court on Oct. 8.

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