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you know what you're useless you're
useless to me I'm sure you're nice
people you're useless to me you don't
give a rat's ass what this man has said
on January 16th 2023 at 700 p.m.
officers were dispatched to a home for a
domestic disturbance with injuries upon
arrival one of the officers met Mr Roger
Melman who stated that his 71-year-old
wife Mrs Deborah muselman diagnosed with
dementia in 2020 had been physically
aggressive here before no sir
my wife has diena yes I was told it's
getting worse and worse she's having to
break down right now she's actually
quiet okay but she she has never
attacked me before okay and I was trying
to do dishes and she threw a shoe at me
and I picked it up I said please don't
do this and then she started hitting me
with the shoe and I blocked her like
that and she fell over I didn't push her
I didn't punch her she fell over and
she's just going berserk I really think
she needs to go to the hospital and uh
maybe okay do you mind if I check you
for any injuries do what do you mind if
I check you for any injuries yeah hit me
on both sides of my face I I'm not
saying anything about that I got bottom
of a shoe okay do you have your ID on
you I sure do
okay is she supposed to be on any
medications she is on medications okay
so you mind taking it off for me sure
has she taken her medication God Only
Knows okay big big problem with her at
this stage okay I have Coastal Care okay
helping with her in fact I might have a
nurse come on I don't know uh she's just
screamed and screamed and screamed okay
that I was going to kill her what okay I
just made her dinner okay has she been
drinking has she been drinking yes she's
had some wine okay all right and that's
not good with the medicine that she's on
okay understood all right so I'm just
waiting for my partner to show up really
quick um that way I can go ahead and
speak with her I will ask that you stay
out here while I speak with her that's
fine she's a prior police okay and
detective in California many years ago
okay and uh is there any weapons in the
house I want to know about absolutely
none other than the shoes okay all right
um where is she located her at this
moment she was in the kitchen straight
back okay she just quit I mean she was
screaming at top of her lungs okay
haven't seen her in the window or
anything okay but uh she was I've never
seen her this bad she were about 3 years
into dementia okay and uh it it's I I
worried about this
attacking thing for probably the last
couple months okay but uh
anyway okay all right aside from the
dementia does she have any other medical
problems uh no okay well she's had need
Replacements hit Replacements but right
now this dementia
is okay nasty what's her name Deborah
Deborah okay all right I'm going to go
ahead and go inside to go speak with her
okay pleas please
do I have not but
police hi debbah hi I'm officer with
Police Department lady
officer he threw me against the door
frame and walked out okay do you mind if
I track you for some injuries it's just
s right here oh it hurts so bad right
here okay do you mind if I check no I
don't care he's a jackass he's a liar
and I don't care anymore I have tried to
tell him I'll help him I've tried to be
understanding and this is what he does
to me okay Deborah he's never hurt me
like this before never he I tried to get
him away and he just threw me against
the door frame 26 one
be advis it's clear for
EMS honest to God I'm not a liar retired
police officer I've never lied in my
life and I still haven't he's going to
tell you all kinds of Lies so walk me
through deboro walk me through as far as
what happened tonight this is this has
happen this has been going on for a long
time he's told lies about me what what
kind of lies that I'm abusing something
about him I am not I am not I am not I
am not I am not I swear to God put me on
lictor tester I am not a I'm not lying
about abusing him he makes up this he's
crazy no honest to God he's stupid and
crazy and I mean stupid ma'am I don't
mean mean-spirited I mean he's just not
a smart person he lies a lot I've never
never called police on him until now I
just cannot live like this I I don't
know ma'am I don't know if anything
right here is broken I don't know all I
know is that I couldn't push myself up
Dera we have EMS in rout so that way
they can take a look at you okay do you
have any medical conditions I've got
dementia dementia okay yes I do do you
know what year it is
uh no and I don't care okay well these
are standardized procedures that we have
I have a doctor okay uh who takes care
of me I've got medicine that I take when
was the last time you took your
medication this morning this morning and
are you supposed to take then I take
another pill uh at bedtime and another
bigger pill at bedtime with that so my
doctor has me on three pills basically
the
different different amount I can I can
tell you where they're at you're welcome
to go up and and look at them or get
them it's not crazy person it's not
crazy person it's dementia do you know
what dementia is oh my husband doesn't
and he doesn't give a sh okay Miss
Deborah can you tell he doesn't care
about anybody but himself okay Miss
Deborah can you can you tell me if
you've been drinking tonight yes I did I
have a glass of wine with de okay all
right when when is your birthday 6 199
1951 so can you tell me what happened as
far as how he pushed you and how how you
ended up on the
floor he was trying he was saying a
bunch of stuff and he was making it up
and he said I'm just going to tell him
you did this and and you were this and
and I said but you know that that's not
true and I started to walk in there
towards him and I said don't you lie and
don't you do this crap with me and he
pushed me aside and then I pushed him
away away from me and then he threw me
against this doorr okay all right I was
protecting
myself okay do you have any other mental
health no I do not okay all right so
we're going to have EMS take a look at
you okay make sure that you that you are
okay and that there's nothing concerning
and then if you have you know what ma'am
there have been times and and you know
it sounds crazy he's never done this
he's never harmed me before for he's
yelled and spit and lied but he's never
harmed me before so I can tell you now
what I wouldn't have said then because I
felt sorry for his his stupidity he's an
uneducated stupid man and always has
been I didn't care how smart he was I
thought he was a loving person but he's
not and so now I can tell you he is not
loving he does not want to be loving he
is a
liar in everything he says and
does put me hook me up hook me up first
ask me all the questions you want to
hook him up you'll find out what and who
he is I'd like to know what he is cuz
he's not a human being he's not a caring
loving husband I have given him too many
chances too many chances to treat me
like his wife and care for me I've had
this 3 years I was diagnosed too 3 years
did he do anything no he wanted to
immediately go out and hire somebody to
take care of me instead him that was his
idea I'm just going hire somebody I'm
not going to take care you okay but he
didn't so Deborah but he didn't I have
to ask you these questions and it's
important that you answer them for me
okay swear to God I will do you do you
know what year it is no and I because
I've got diena I don't is it 13 I don't
know I don't know okay do you know how
many quarters make a dollar yeah four
okay do you know who the president is M
do you know what month we're in it's uh
January okay all right so are there any
cameras inside the household any what
cameras do I have a car cameras no no
okay well my phone is a camera okay were
you recording the situation okay all
right I I couldn't even move okay once I
got thrown against here I couldn't live
up my arm I couldn't sit up and I
couldn't move and I God Almighty if I
could I would have him arested in a
moment okay he threw me against this
goddamn thing Here
Deborah I'm listening to you I hear you
we have EMS and round so they can take a
look at you do you want to try to stand
up on the couch I have
someone that my husband found out I have
had this the first thing he wanted to do
was he wanted to hire people to take
care of me he didn't want to take care
of me he wanted to hire people care he
didn't until just recently I said I'm
getting someone to help me and what does
he do he steps in and said I hired this
person to take care of her he did not I
chose a person to help me her name is
Anna and the last thing um Anna oh God
Almighty it's a bird what's what's the
bird uh we just got her her three
daughters and a du she she
works the
count do you want TOA do you want to try
a Sil go the cou this really hurts I I
understand that and EM is going to BR
out of joint this really hurts no I
don't want to move okay I I don't even
to think of feeling about moving okay so
you guys got into an AR is her name she
knows I'm a good person she comes and he
wanted he didn't care anything about me
he wanted to pay somebody to take care
of me he didn't care pay anybody what
you want I'm not taking care of you
that's that's how he's treated me and
that's what it's happened I had to hire
someone to take care of me my my
husbands swear to God oh God I can't
lean on there I swear to God may I
be shot down his first
wife had breast
cancer I didn't know him initially when
she had cancer and was dying I heard his
wife had cancer I didn't I did not know
that I learned
I learned why because I asked him I
said
where where why how did your wife
die she had breast cancer
okay where did she
die well she died in the in you know on
the on the sofa in the other room and I
said and where were you he said I was
sleeping in the
bedroom I said what the [ __ ] is the
matter with you your wife is dying and
you I said why aren't you there with her
well you know I asked her to come and
join me in the bed because her concert
was so Advanced she couldn't get into
bed it was too high I said well what the
wrong with you sitting next to her
laying next to her no she needed the
rest and I didn't want to bother her
it's his story the same thing's going to
happen with me but I won't let it happen
I am getting the hell away from him
before he does the same thing to me so
DEA where we are at at this point again
you know is would you like for us to
have EMS come over here and take a look
at you saying I don't mind it all but
I'm trying to tell both of you there's a
woman her name is Anna Anna Dove Dove I
can't tell you what group she works for
but she is my caretaker because my
husband is not she takes me to my
doctor's appointments she takes me well
I can you know it's not like I'm having
accents or anything I I always go to
loots for breakfast every uh where's
your other shoe at I don't know well he
knocked me into the hair I don't know
where walk right by you real quick okay
I don't want to step on you okay I just
want to make sure we find other shoe
okay I don't know
my hand how the Cup end up my hand
hurts what happened with the cup 42 I
don't
remember
Sho there you go for you know I don't
know I was mad enough to to throw the
cup at him okay but I don't remember
doing it I was mad enough to do it but I
don't remember doing it that's okay what
what were you mad
about always lies okay what do you li I
tell him I need help and he
lies
what either there's nothing wrong with
me or I'm trying to play a pity party
okay he's crazy I swear to God I have
stayed with this man because I sorry for
him not love you don't long long time I
have not felt love for this man but I I
don't lie never lied I've always been
kind I don't care who people are unless
I'm afraid of them I have always been
kind I have always been kind to
him yeah is it okay if I take a seat
right here sure okay it's a pretty Dar
uncomfortable seat too is it it is well
we're about to find
out oh it is very comfortable yeah not
bad huh all right so can we have a
conversation real quick absolutely okay
so I'm going to be straightforward with
you okay I will be too okay I believe it
mhm all right so you were a detective
for a long time right I was a police
officer for a number of years then I was
a detective for a number of years child
in for of child uh sex crimes and stuff
like that and sexual assault okay all
right so I'm going to be straightforward
with you and I'm going to tell you
exactly how what I would like to happen
ab and and it's completely up to you
okay I'm going to tell you what I think
is the best option for t Okay so first
and foremost okay and this has nothing
personal against you or anything
personal against him okay the way that
the incident transpired tonight based
off of what you said so far and what he
said is that you're technically the
predominant aggressive for the incident
oh he always thinks that well just just
listen to me he lies oh okay I'm sorry
I'm sorry I have to tell you he lies all
the time that's okay I got you hook me
up we're not doing that me up and ask
the same questions Miss Deborah okay I'm
just telling you I'm not a li I never
have been and I never will you haven't
lied to me at all to that and I'm just
letting you know based off what you've
told me and what he's told me okay all
your stories match up okay that's
miraculous because he lies all the time
I get it okay but you just got you got
to understand where I'm going okay so
like I said based off the story or based
off of your recollection of the events
and his recollection of the events okay
you're the predominant aggressor for the
incident that took place t i no it's not
true just listen listen to okay well I
knew you'd get that I knew you'd get
that from him because he lies all the
time but I got it from you as well okay
but I'm not going to Sugar C things for
you either I'm being 100% honest with
you okay so like I said you're the
predominant aggressor for the incident
that happened tonight okay EXC I'm I'm
the
predominant correct it's just based on
him based off of your story and what he
said no no no not true not true what is
my story that says I'm aggressor towards
him you told me that you got so mad that
you threw a cup at him right and that's
what initiated the no I did not throw a
cup at him he was coming at me and I was
trying to push him away well from what
you told me a couple minutes ago you
said that you got so mad and that you
don't know what you were mad about but
that you do remember he didn't know what
I was mad about no no no you said you
didn't know what you no I did not say no
I listen I know why I'm mad when I'm mad
okay I would not have told you I don't
know why I was mad so what I so what
where where I'm going with this okay
obviously I'm not going to arrest you
tonight obviously I think that's pretty
clear okay but what I arrest me I just
said against the
Miss please allow let me let me let me
talk okay because you're you're not
listening to every single word that I
say I said I am not no but I always have
to be the one to do it Miss Deborah I'm
telling you I am not going to arrest you
tonight but what I am telling you is
that you were found to be the ATA party
for the incident that took place tonight
by whose statement the liar
by the
liar no no I told you this would happen
he lies all the time I told you this
would happen no it has been too many
goddamn years that he's lied every
single time and pointed the finger at me
I am not a liar hook me up please hook
me up I'll prove to you I'm not the li
no you can make this choice I can tell
you I can prove I can prove by the
machine you get to decide I can prove by
the machine I'm not lying Miss deah I'm
not putting you on a lie detor I'm not
doing any of that you're accusing me of
being the aggressor you are yet that
well that's not true okay that's not
true M you're not understanding what I'm
trying to no I do understand I've heard
it before he lies all the time and I've
heard it before ma'am if you were going
to jail tonight you would be in
handcuffs already is not happening okay
deor what I'm trying to why isn't he
going to the jail he threw me against
the door frame why isn't he going to
jail I didn't throw him against anything
I didn't harm him in any way you tell me
why he is not going to
jail we can have a conversation but
you're not going to yell at me I'm
trying to have a conversation no but
you're really ready to throw me
someplace my husband physically threw me
against the the door frame I understand
where you're no I don't understand what
you're where you're at you think it's
okay for my husband to throw me across
the room absolutely not but you're also
not letting you said you were going to
let me talk to you no you've already
said that you decided that I was the
aggressor you didn't let me yes you did
you said more than once I was it was
obvious that I was the aggressor
bull he threw me against the wall but
I'm the aggressor right you're not
letting me finish oh yes I have let you
finish you're finished you're finished
you are finished i m you are taking his
side you don't know what I'm not I'm
actually taking where's the hospital
where's the one that's going to take an
x-ray of this we're waiting on EMS to
get here so they can oh yeah uhhuh you
know
what EMS is on the way to come to you so
that you can get your shoulder extra yep
yep yep
and as soon as go away please I'll Stand
I'll St with this officer go away please
I'm sick and tired of men lying about me
and to me I'm sick and tired of you
choosing him when you don't know I said
put him on a li detector he lies all the
time somebody please test the man
somebody believe me okay you know lie
detectors aren't admissible in court so
I don't care in court
you can at least once you hear and see
what it is you can say to him I don't
care about court you can say to him
listen Mister you're lying I know you're
lying stop touching her stop harassing
her I'm not asking you to put him in
jail I'm asking you to tell him to stop
stop this [ __ ] stop this lying
okay my whole personality is gone now
because of him I am loving caring I am
always offering help to everybody I
believe you and I always have no you
don't you listen to him and you said I
was the aggressor okay no it's not okay
you said it's okay it's okay it's not
okay you listen to him and you just told
me that you now believe that I was the
aggressor I do well that's too bad
because you're the imbecile that he now
has on his side again that's no it's not
fun it is not fun I don't care who you
are or what gender you are I am sick and
tired of you guys sticking together as
Pals you don't know this man you don't
know anything about it give it a try
have him tested at least give him a
try give me a try
asking these questions on a lie detector
and you will godamn know who's lying and
it's not me I'm sick and tired of him
telling people it's me it's not
me and I don't like your attitude
towards me I'm sorry I don't like your
attitude towards me before you've taken
any test or know anybody you listen to
him okay you didn't listen to me you
listen to him and you said Oh no you're
the aggressor you're the aggressor ma'am
you're the aggressor you said it two or
three times get the hell out of my house
I'd like to talk to this lady in private
please absolutely go sure
thing no way I'm going to have that man
call me an aggressor he doesn't even
know who the I am or what was supposed
to be said or done DEA I need you to
lower your voice please oh yeah uh-huh
me it's always my fault
he called me a liar doesn't know a thing
about me he called me a li he called me
a li okay you know what I'll call the
police department I want his badge
number I want everything I can about him
he's calling me a liar Deborah he's
calling me a liar no can I talk to you
no I am not a liar this man not you I
have nothing against you this man called
me a liar when he just decided he just
decided for a lying man Deborah that it
was my fault I'm trying to talk to you
nope nobody's trying to talk to me
nobody is trying to talk to me this man
is telling me I'm get the problem no
trying to talk to you but you were
yelling and I'm not going to be no I
there a hell of a lot of time you could
have been talking to me instead this guy
goes out there and comes back and calls
me a liar debah at no point did he call
you a liar yes he did no he he called me
a liar right here he said I was the
aggressor he called me a liar I said I
was not and he called me a
liar yeah call seven of
them you don't you don't get to call me
a liar you don't get to call me a liar
because this man said I was the
aggressor because
my husband will always say she's an
aggressor you know what you're useless
you're useless to me I'm sure you're
nice people you're useless to me you
don't give a rat what this man has said
because he lies real well he's lied all
his life and he lies real well I don't
make up this [ __ ] I said put me on a
goddamn lie detector you will know who's
a liar in the meantime I don't leave my
house in the meantime you don't get to
come into my house put me on a lie
detector put him on a lie detector and
then maybe I will agree for you to come
back into my house but in the
meantime I'm sick and tired of everybody
saying it's your fault and not the fault
go I'm asking you to leave my house I
don't want your help I don't want your
help I don't want your help we past that
that's just too bad get out of my house
yes it doesn't yes get out of why why
because I don't believe you why because
you don't believe
me listen to me Miss deborra listen to
me we're not going to have a
conversation with you yelling at me
could have listened to a sing word that
you said I I've had a lot of discussion
with you before I got in that's right
but what I'm telling you is me and you
are not going to have a conversation
with you continuously go no ma'am we're
past that no where's my husband huh is
he told to leave no I can't make him
leave his own house but I can nobody's
making you leave anywhere but we're also
in a situation right now now where as
I've told you before we're waiting on
the ambulance to get here so speak I'm
not going anywhere I'm not going
anywhere you can't force me to go into
an ambulance I am not leaving this house
but you said I am not I've changed my
mind you said you wanted to go get your
shoulder x-ray I did not you did I said
I would allow my shoulder to be x-rayed
I didn't say I was willing to go and get
anywhere I said I was you know what
prove your point get the hat out get out
my house no ma'am yes no ma'am okay I'll
call another police officer why do you
think you can take over my home the
officer contacted the mobile crisis unit
out of concern for Mrs melman's mental
state EMS arrived and checked Mrs muslk
arm determining it was not broken she
refused medical treatment on scene from
what we've been able to gather you were
a violent and aggressive toward your
husband first that's not true he lies
all the time it is not true but you know
what you are bound determin on me you
want to believe what he's saying but
you're not believing what I say how is
it that you know that he's telling the
truth and I'm lying because it's just
the opposite but what makes you think
that because you don't like ladies no
you don't believe
women what is it
officer do I have to take moving
pictures
you can tell that jackass up there
anything you want to but he's not going
to pick me up and abuse me ma'am the
problem we're at right now is that he's
told us the entire side of the story and
he lies all the time listen you told us
that you got really angry at him and
that you threw a cup at him right you
said that you couldn't remember what led
up to it and now you can't remember what
happened I'm not saying he was lying he
was lying those were your were that's
what you said you said that you got
really angry at him and you threw a cup
at him you couldn't remember why and you
aren't and it's not your fault but
you're not able to remember the entire
events of what happened okay but based
off you can't wait to say you got demena
you can't oh that's all I've heard since
you got here get the hell away from me I
want to
breathe I'm not going
anywhere we have a sergeant that's
coming here I'm standing right here okay
this is ridiculous my husband picked me
up and threw me against the wall and at
no time have they removed him from the
house place your hands for missra why
place your hands behind your let let
your hands go why just place your hands
behind your back I will not my husband
physically abused me tonight and you're
wreting me what the hell is the matter
with you no I will not put my hands
behind my back
they already are I will not you don't
have a choice
m m stop before you get hurt nobody want
to hurt oh you're not going to hurt me I
can tell you you're not hurting me and
you hurt me you can go up and have a
party with my husband it's a let's throw
away deorah today no it's not we want to
help you as much as we can don't he
threw me against the wall with that side
you got to let go go and put this one in
I have this one
and we're still going to have somebody
come out and talk to you yeah me okay my
husband throws me against a wall no my
husband threw me don't that
hurts that is the shoulder that hurts
you in front we'll cuff you in front M
get put your other hand right here for
me all right just put your hand in the
cff no I want to go to the hospital now
okay I'm not going with you I'm going to
the hospital all right well we we we can
transport you there I have got a choice
mister
I have got a choice my husband
physically abused me and I don't have a
choice he threw me against a wall and I
don't have a
choice no you don't understand you
really do not
understand
you let go of that goddamn arm it hurts
but then when my husband throws me
against the wall everybody should be
thrown against the wall
right he lies all the time sir and I
don't care what you believe he lies all
the time and I'm sick and tired of this
[ __ ] okay Miss Debra put on your
shoes goad and put your shoes on for me
Miss Deborah
put your shoes on please I'm not going
to anywhere without my belongings I have
it right here it's coming with you my
belongings we can't bring everything my
handbag has everything in it it has my
ID it has everything in it grab your ID
out of it no my whole handbag has to go
there okay we we can get your handbag
that's
fine the hell's the
matter it wasn't bad enough my husband
threw me against the wall now I can't
have my handbag with me you you can Mrs
muan was arrested for simple battery and
taken to the hospital for medical
clearance she claimed to be the victim
but the doctor found no injuries
insisting she was at the wrong hospital
and refusing to sit she was discharged
and transported to the Detention Center
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