By Jim Clark

On Wednesday of last week, a police officer was dispatched to Somerville District Court at 175 Fellsway to assist Court officers in handling an unruly woman who was reportedly causing a disturbance.

The arriving police officer spotted the woman in question, Tara McNeil, 48, of Boston, sitting on a bench, angrily talking with the Court officers, according to reports.

McNeil was arguing about procedures related to filing an appeal concerning Court officers and employees, police said.

The police officer said that he told McNeil that her filing of an appeal could not take place at that Court, and she reportedly became angrier, telling the officer, “You don’t know what you’re saying. You are a crooked cop.”

The officer asked her to calm down, but she began cursing at him, and when told that the business of the Court was done for the day she became even angrier, police said.

The officer reportedly warned McNeil that if she did not calm down and leave the courthouse she would be placed under arrest. As she refused to do so, she was then restrained and asked to cooperate while she was being handcuffed.

According to reports, McNeil struggled with the officer and struck an assisting Court officer, and also pushed the officers into the wall as the scuffle took place.

McNeil was finally restrained and placed under arrest. She has been charged with disorderly conduct, assault and battery on a public employee, and resisting arrest.