NEWARK, DE — A 35-year-old Townsend woman faces multiple felony charges after Delaware State Police allege she attacked an employee with a hammer and later resisted troopers at a Newark storage facility Tuesday morning.
Police identified the defendant as Amber Goldsborough, 35.
At approximately 10 a.m. Aug. 18, troopers responded to Storage Rentals of America at 2090 Stafford Way for a reported fight in progress, according to state police.
Troopers found two people with visible injuries and made contact with Goldsborough, police reported. When officers attempted to take her into custody, she allegedly resisted before being arrested following a brief struggle.
Investigators allege the confrontation began after facility staff informed Goldsborough that she was no longer permitted to conduct business there. Police reported that she became involved in a verbal dispute with an employee and allegedly threatened to harm the employee.
During the argument, Goldsborough allegedly struck the employee multiple times with a hammer and then placed the employee in a chokehold that restricted the person’s ability to breathe, according to investigators.
A witness intervened and separated Goldsborough from the employee, police reported. Goldsborough then allegedly assaulted the witness.
Both victims retreated inside the business and locked the door while Goldsborough continued yelling threats at them, according to state police.
The employee was transported to a local hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The witness declined medical treatment at the scene.
Goldsborough was charged with felony possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, second-degree assault, aggravated menacing, strangulation, resisting arrest with force or violence, and carrying a concealed deadly weapon.
She was also charged with terroristic threatening and third-degree criminal trespass.
Goldsborough was arraigned by the Justice of the Peace Court and committed to the Delaware Department of Correction on $74,001 cash bond, according to state police.
All suspects, arrestees, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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