Snowblower Attack Leads to Arrest of 61-Year-Old Woman

A Massachusetts woman was arrested during the blinding blizzard that walloped New England after she attacked her neighbor with a snowblower, police said today.

The incident took place as the freezing winds and snow continued to fall at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police were called to a home in Boston's upscale suburb of Arlington to find a 60-year-old woman suffering from lacerations to her foot.

Her alleged attacker, Barbara Davis, 61, was arrested on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, violating a restraining order, and mayhem. Anderson had a long-standing dispute with the victim, who was not seriously injured, police said.

"Emotions may run high during a historic weather event like the blizzard we just endured, but that is no excuse for violence," said Arlington Police Chief Fred Ryan. "We are supposed to come together as a community during events like this, and I am very disappointed with these allegations."

Anderson was held on $35,000 bail and is expected to be arraigned tomorrow, police said. Suffolk County courts remain closed today after the massive storm that left Boston digging out from more than two feet of snow that fell Monday into Tuesday.