Woman Beats Chatham Homeowner With Pipe, Smashes Property: Cops

CHATHAM TWP., N.J. – A female Chatham Township homeowner was attacked and had the interior of her house vandalized by another woman Monday night, Chief Steven Hennelly said.

Chatham Township police responded to a home on River Road at 7:44 p.m. on Jan. 25 for a report of an assault in progress, Hennelly said. When they arrived, police found the female homeowner bleeding and the interior of the home with “extensive damage,” Hennelly said.

Police found Shi Feng-Bartner, 53, of Hackettstown, inside the home holding a metal cylinder used in the alleged attack, Hennelly said. Feng-Bartner failed to comply with the officers’ orders and was subsequently subdued and taken into custody.

The suspect, a family friend, was taken to Morristown Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation and was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of criminal mischief.

The victim was taken to Overlook Medical Center for treatment of her injuries and later released.