Crime & Safety

Silk Street Woman Charged with Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon

The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

A 23-year-old Silk Street woman allegedly broke a picture frame and vase in her residence Sunday night and then cut a man with one of the shards of glass.

Elizabeth Desta was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. She told police that she was acting in self-defense.


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