By Jim Clark 

Somerville police responded to a call in the early hours of last Saturday from a woman who reported that an unwelcome man was in her home on Walnut St.

Officers arrived at the apartment building and buzzed to gain entry, but they received no response. They requested that the reporting caller be contacted by phone but the dispatchers reported that they were only able to reach the party’s voicemail. They also informed the officers on the scene that the original call ended in a way suggesting that the phone had been taken away from the woman.

The officers then buzzed several apartments in an attempt to gain entry into the building, eventually succeeding when a resident responded. The officers knocked on the caller’s door repeatedly but no one answered. After about twenty minutes of knocking, the Somerville Fire Department was called in to gain entry into the apartment.

As Fire personnel utilized devices to open the apartment door, a female voice was reportedly heard asking, “What’s going on?” The woman was informed of the complaining call but she insisted that everything was all right, according to reports.

The woman was advised that officers would have to see for themselves that the situation was under control and that she should open the door, but she refused and reportedly began using vulgar and threatening language, saying that there was no reason for Police and Fire officers to be there.

The woman was informed that a 911 call was made and that an unwanted man had been reported at the residence. She reportedly denied making the call and repeatedly refused to open her door. Fire Department personnel eventually forced the door open and police officers entered the apartment to check the situation and to question the woman.

Police report that the woman remained uncooperative and combative and at various times shoved officers as she swore at them, according to reports.

The woman, Domeniquica Anderson, 26, of Cambridge, was eventually placed under arrest and charged with assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.

No unwanted male was found on the premises.