Woman Bit Man, Threw Bottle At Somerville Bar: Police

SOMERVILLE, MA — A Somerville woman is facing assault charges after an altercation at a bar on Broadway, police said.

Officers were called to the bar around 7:30 a.m. Monday and found two elderly men trying to restrain 26-year-old Lorena Dos Santos, police said. Dos Santos was behaving "erratically," and the men told police she had bitten one of them on the forearm and threw a half-gallon bottle of Jameson whiskey at them after being told the bar was not yet open, according to the police report.

"[Redacted] informed Ms. Dos Santos that the bar was not open yet, but she could return later in the evening," the report stated.

The man who was bitten by Dos Santos punched her to make her let go, police said. The other man came around from the register to help him restrain her before officers arrived, police said.

When asked what happened, Dos Santos told officers, "nothing, I was just upset," according to the police report.

She was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (bottle) and assault and battery with injury on a person over 60.