Salem Woman Flips Out After Bank Refuses to Cash Check: Cops

SALEM, NH – A local woman was arrested yesterday and held on $5,000 cash bail after allegedly attacking and assaulting bank employees after it refused to cash a check for her, according to police.

Leanne E. Yerian, 35 of Salem, was arrested on July 1, 2016, and charged with second-degree assault-strangulation and two counts of simple assault.

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According to police, at around 4:15 p.m. yesterday, police were sent to the Bank of America on North Broadway for a report of an irate customer at the bank.

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When they arrived, the officers leared that the customer – Yerian – allegedly became irate when an employee refused to cash a check for her.

“The female then picked up a large metal, three-hole punch from a desk and hit the manager on the head,” stated Capt. Joel Dolan of the Salem Police Department. “The woman then jumped on the manager, pulled her hair, and slammed her up against the wall. The victim said she was then strangled to the point where she could not call for help.”

Other employees heard the racket and attempted to stop the alleged assault. Yerian then allegedly struck a male employee in the back of the neck and scratched him before fleeing the bank. She later left the parking lot in a vehicle but was stopped a short distance away, according to police.

“After speaking with the suspect, it was confirmed she was the person from the bank,” according to Dolan.

Yerian was held on $5,000 cash bail and arraigned this morning.