Stmt 2 from Obert, Teresa(2pgs)

OfficerID: evoss, Narrative - Ofc. Voss

14-28956
Assault 4 (DV)
Ofc. Voss
6-21-2014
On 6-21-2014 at 0052 hours, I was dispatched to 10615 124 th Ave NE for the report of a female
The call originally went through to Washington
State Patrol dispatch and was transferred to Norcom dispatch. When Norcom picked up the
call, they only had an open line. A call back to the number went to a voicemail to a
Officer Carlson and Sergeant Goguen were the first units on scene. Upon arrival, Officer
Carlson advised that he heard loud shouting from the South, in the direction of
Ave. Sergeant Goguen then advised that a female came outside.
When I arrived, I entered the residence and observed Officer Pierce speaking with a male and a
female who were later identified as Teresa and
in what I later learned was the
family's rec-room. They both appeared to be crying and I observed that
t-shirt was
ripped and that his face had red marks on it. I first checked on Sergeant Goguen and Officer
Carlson. Sergeant Goguen was with a female, later identified as Hope A. Stevens (7-30-1981),
in the kitchen and Officer Carlson was in the living room with Jeffery Obert who was the
husband of Teresa and the father of
I spoke with
t-shirt was torn on the left side from underarm area to the bottom seam. He had a bleeding
cut on the bottom of his left ear, just above the earlobe. His arms were bright red and had
further explained that
stated that he was home tonight with his mother, father and other relatives.
-sister, Hope Stevens came over upset about the fact that her
husband, Jeremy, refused to take her to catch a flight because he was being a jerk.
Teresa L. Obert (12-10wine. The other family members eventually left and Hope and Teresa continued drinking
wine.
At some point, Hope became upset with
because she thought he was speaking ill of
her.
said that he was actually talking about Jackie Onassis and how she had married
into a bad family, and tried to explain that to Hope. Later, they were discussing plays that
performs in, and
mentioned how he believes in order to be a good actor, you
ever be athletic, that he
was too fat and overweight and crazy to ever be an athlete.
said he has an anxiety
disorder and this is why Hope called him crazy.
said that this upset her and he told
se.

was so upset by this interaction that he went into the rec room of his house in order
to get away from Hope. Hope followed him out there to confront him and he called for his
help and then called him crazy
again.
told her that he thought her family and particularly her father were the crazy
ones.
went on to explain how his mother and Hope are actually half-sisters and that
Hope's father had two other famil
down to the ground and she immediately got back up and came at
and repeatedly
punched him in the face and tackled him. He grabbed her by the hair, took her to the ground
and held her there until she calmed down. He said when she appeared calm, he let her go and
she immediately grabbed his hair pulled his head down and started punching him in the face
repeatedly.
At this point, Teresa said she came in and tried to pull Hope off of
and then Hope
punched Teresa in the face several times.
then tried to pull Hope off of Teresa and
Teresa. She still would not stop so
got an old gun that did not work (ultimately
determined to be a broken bb gun) and pointed it at her in an attempt to get her to leave and
stop assaulting
and Teresa. He said that Hope did stop, but would not leave and
to push Hope out the door. Shortly after, Hope walked around the side of the house, jumped
over the fence into their yard and re-entered the house through an unlocked sliding door and
started accusing Teresa of purposely hiding her cell phone. Teresa told her she would find it
and leave it outside for her, and then Hope started attacking Teresa by pulling her to the
ground and continuing to strike her in the face.
By this time,
said he had already put the gun away because he believed Hope had left
and would stay gone. This time
said he grabbed an aluminum mop because the
wooden broom had been previously ineffective in stopping Hope from assaulting his mother.
planned to strike her with it to prevent Hope from attacking his mother any further,
which is about when the first police units arrived and he did not use the mop on Hope.
After speaking with
I observed that Teresa had a swollen left cheekbone that was
already starting to get a purplish hue to it in the cheekbone area. Teresa was highly emotional
throughout our contact with her and kept hugging
and asking him if he was ok. She
also apologized to
for letting Hope back into their lives and told us several times that
wanted nothing to do with Hope and did not want her in the house at all.
Sergeant Goguen spoke with Hope, who advised him that she did not assault or touch anyone,
but had been struck in the head with a broomstick by
after she called him fat and
unathletic. Sergeant Goguen said that he did not observe any visible injuries and Hope would
not allow him to inspect her head for injuries. Hope A. Stevens (7-30-1981) was arrested for
two counts of DV Assault 4 (RCW 9A.36.041) and transported to the Kirkland Jail by Officer

Ouimet, who advised her of her Miranda rights.

the station.

She declined to give a written statement at

After Hope was removed from the residence, I took a written statement from
While
taking the statement, Jeffery kept telling
that he should not talk to us and that this
should all be kept in the family.
said he was sick of Hope always getting away with
everything and he was going to provide a statement. Jeffery continued to try to convince
not to provide a statement. At one point, Jeffery told
to get the dogs and
take them to bed with him.
said he would do it after he gave a statement. After I
wrote the statement,
made a few corrections to my statement that corrected the
order in which a couple of events took place. These corrections were added to the end of the
statement and signed by
After obtaining a statement, I took photographs of
and his injuries. Jeffery stated
that he did not give me consent to take photographs, but again,
stated that he wanted
me to take pictures and that he would testify in court if needed to do so, because he is tired of
Hope getting away with everything. The photos were taken with Officer Pierce's camera and
were uploaded into KPD records by Officer Pierce.
Officer Pierce also submitted the 911 tape request form to Norcom on my behalf and provided
me with a copy of the written statement he obtained from Teresa. All of these documents
were submitted to KPD records. I also completed a temporary no contact order form for
Teresa and
and e-mailed them to Judge Lambo.
This is the extent of my involvement in this case.

OfficerID: pgoguen, Sgt Goguen

OfficerID: bporter, Porter Supplement