Crime & Safety
Woman Arrested For Allegedly Texting Threats to Ex-Husband
The following arrest was supplied by the Tiverton Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
charged a Portsmouth woman with disorderly conduct and making crank calls last Saturday after she allegedly made several threats to her estranged husband.
Deborah Natale, 41, of 34 Buckwheat Drive, Portsmouth, was arrested at 10:15 p.m., Saturday, April 21. She was charged with domestic disorderly conduct and making crank or obscene phone calls.
According to Lt. Patrick Jones, police received a call from a man on Riverside Drive stating he was receiving harassing calls. Jones said the victim resides there with his girlfriend, and alleged that his estranged wife, Natale, sent text messages directed at him and his girlfriend. The texts allegedly went as far as threatening bodily harm and planting a bomb in the victim's car.
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Based on that, Jones said police contacted Natale and took her into custody.
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