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Just one day after Montoursville police arrested her for DUI in the borough, Michelle D. Thomas was taken into custody yet again; this time on Oct. 26 following a domestic disturbance after she assaulted her husband in the couple's home at 512 Chestnut St. as he was holding a child in his arms, it was alleged in court papers.
It was about 4:45 p.m. when the husband came home with the children to find his 35-year-old wife "highly intoxicated. He noticed 15 beer cans in the trash," an officer wrote in affidavit. When the husband told his wife he was leaving the house, Michelle punched him in the neck as he was holding a child, police said. "After he sat the child down and turned around, Michelle kicked him in the stomach," police alleged in the affidavit.
When officers arrived at the couple's home, Thomas "was highly intoxicated and smelled heavily of an alcoholic beverage," an officer said. The husband told police "he had been dealing with his wife's heavy drinking all weekend," the affidavit stated.
Just the day before, on Oct. 25, police responded three times in four hours to the couple's house to deal with "issues involving Thomas' alcohol use," an officer said in another affidavit. Just after 4 p.m., an officer responded to the home after Thomas, who was intoxicated, "punched a hole in a window, cutting her hand," the affidavit stated. A short time later, police returned to the house after Thomas' husband found fresh damage on the couple's 2017 Chevrolet Traverse. "I could not prove that she was behind the wheel for this incident, so no charges were filed," an officer said. "Thomas was passed out due to her intoxication and could not be questioned," the officer added.
About 8:30 p.m. police were notified yet again after Thomas' husband called 911 to report that his wife just left the house in the couple's SUV "drunk," and was heading toward the Montoursville Area High School, court records stated. An officer began looking for Thomas and the vehicle, but he could not locate her so he decided to drive past the couple's home to see if by chance she had returned. As he was driving down Chestnut Street, he spotted Thomas coming his way and saw her pull into her driveway, court records stated. Based on Thomas' alleged intoxication,the officer arrested her right on the spot, but it took two officers to handcuff her because she put up a struggle, police said. Thomas denied driving the car, police said.
Court records state that her husband told police that "Thomas was in bed, woke up, grabbed a set of keys and left in the vehicle. That is when he called 911." Thomas was taken to UPMC Williamsport, but she refused to provide a blood sample and was returned home.
Following the alleged assault on her husband the next day, Thomas was arraigned before District Judge Denise Dieter on charges of simple assault, endangering the welfare of a child and harassment. She was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $15,000 bail. Four days later, borough police filed charges of resisting arrest, DUI and one summary offense, all stemming from the incident on Oct. 25. She waived preliminary hearing both set of charges on Monday.