By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to a Newton St. location last week for a check condition call.

The reporting party stated that her neighbor, Christine Harding, was attacking her, and it has been reported that there is an extensive history of disputes between the reporting party and Harding, and they have even been physical with each other in the past.

Upon arrival, the officers were met by Harding, who stated that she came home from work around 6:45 p.m. and moved her car into the street, whereupon she noticed that her back window had been shattered, and she saw shards from a glass beer bottle on the roof of her car. Due to the history between the two parties, Harding confronted the reporting party as she believed she was responsible for the damage.

The reporting party told the officers that Harding rang her doorbell and yelled for her to come outside and fight her, at which time the reporting party called 9-1-1 and requested police officers to respond.

The reporting party stated she heard what sounded like her window being smashed. The police officers observed that a window on the second floor had been broken with multiple rocks on the walkway landing.

The officers asked Harding what happened to the window on the house, and she reportedly stated, “If you’re going to break my window, I’m going to break yours.”

While officers were advising Harding to speak with management about this ongoing issue with her neighbor, she reportedly became agitated. She grabbed a glass bottle of liquor and threw it at the reporting party’s front door, causing the glass to shatter.

Harding was subsequently placed under arrest for two counts of malicious wanton defacement of property and was transported to Somerville Police station for booking.