Two Muse residents charged in break-in
Two Muse residents were arrested Monday on warrants after one of them allegedly forced his way into a neighbor’s home last month and stabbed one of the occupants in the finger.
Terry Fretz, 43, and Tammy Hayman, 46, both of 72 Maple St., were arraigned before District Judge Robert Redlinger. Fretz is charged with burglary and aggravated assault. Hayman is charged with conspiracy to commit burglary.
Police were called May 31 to 2 Maple St., Muse, for a report of an assault and stabbing. Sherri Populo told police a man named “Terry” kicked in the rear door and started to ransack the residence. She said she was upstairs and heard the commotion. Fretz allegedly came into her bedroom and threatened her with a knife.
Lawrence Olshock told police he was in the living room watching television when he heard a loud bang and saw Fretz inside the house.
He said Fretz pushed past him, yelling “Where is he?” Olshock told police Norman Staub came back from a walk, and Fretz ran at Staub, grabbed him around the neck and held him over the back banister of the deck. Staub told police he felt a sharp pain on the middle finger of his right hand after he was stabbed by an unknown object.
He was treated by a crew from Southbridge EMS.
Staub told police the incident was an outgrowth of an altercation over a video game between children from the two houses. He told police that he knew the man who came into the home only as Terry, but he knew where the man lived. Police said Hayman drove Fretz to the residence before the assault and then drove him back to their home.
Police went to the home shared by Fretz and Hayman, but they were not at the residence. Police returned there Monday and arrested them on the warrants.
Fretz was placed in Washington County jail on $10,000 bond, while Hayman was jailed on a $5,000 percentage bond. Both are scheduled for preliminary hearings June 22 at the office of Senior District Judge Jay Dutton.