Three women face criminal charges for breaking into an Ann Arbor woman’s home Sunday, including one who is accused of striking a woman in the thigh with a sledgehammer.
Ann Arbor police responded at 4:35 p.m. Sunday to a home in the 700 block of North Maple Road for a report of a home invasion in progress. When officers arrived, they found two of the suspects outside the home while a third had fled the scene, according to records.
According to records, the 30-year-old woman who lived at the home had gone to a family celebration at her sister’s home Saturday afternoon. She returned to her residence after the party ended and hung out with her boyfriend before the couple went to sleep.
Her 27-year-old sister had gone out in downtown Ann Arbor with two of the suspects in the case, who were friends. As the night came to a close, allegations about infidelity began and arguments ensued.
According to records, the 27-year-old woman went to her sister’s home with Charita Parker, one of the suspects. An argument about the infidelity began again at the home on Maple and Parker ended up throwing a bowl through the rear window of the 27-year-old woman’s van.
The 30-year-old woman and her boyfriend woke up, and arguments ensued between the suspects, the victims and others who were at the home. According to the report, Parker was struck at some point during the argument and suffered facial injuries. Eventually, the fight broken up and the residence cleared.
Records stated the 30-year-old woman who lived on North Maple Road began getting threatening calls Sunday from Demetria Gordon, a 33-year-old woman from Detroit, who was friends with the woman. The 30-year-old woman got another call just before 4:30 p.m., telling her she could expect “company” in a short time.
The 30-year-old woman’s boyfriend then saw Parker and a man in a mask — who he believed had a gun in his waistband — through the window coming up the side of the residence. According to police, Gordon and Parker entered the home through unlocked windows, and Parker was brandishing a sledgehammer.
The 30-year-old woman confronted Parker, who then hit the woman in the thigh with the sledgehammer. A struggle ensued and the woman took the sledgehammer away from Parker. The woman, her children and her boyfriend then went upstairs and hid in the bedroom while calling 911.
Police responded to the scene and arrested Gordon and Dwana Smith, a 32-year-old Detroit woman, who were both still on scene. Parker was arrested later at her home and needed medical treatment for injuries to her face suffered in the fight the previous night.
In interviews with police, the suspects said they had gone back to the home in order to get revenge for Parker being “jumped” the night before, according to police. The man in the mask never actually entered the home and was not charged with a crime.
Parker, Gordon and Smith all face charges of first-degree home invasion and Parker faces an additional charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, records show. Parker, Gordon and Smith were all lodged at the Washtenaw County Jail on Wednesday but had bonded out by Thursday. The amount of their bond was not immediately available.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.