"Transit Police officer ordered to get mental health care" by Laura Crimaldi, Globe Staff January 22, 2015
WOBURN — To prosecutors, MBTA Transit Police Officer Jennifer M. Garvey is a woman with a history of violent outbursts who brandished a firearm at her wife after she scratched their car Saturday night.
To her wife, 32-year-old Jennifer Garvey is a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who has been on a downward spiral since two New York City police officers were fatally shot last month — and a person who needs help, Jennifer Garvey’s defense attorney said.
After a confrontation with her wife, Ann Garvey, 39, Saturday night, Jennifer Garvey was briefly hospitalized for a psychological examination. She was later charged with assaulting Ann Garvey , who is also a Transit Police officer, according to court testimony.
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Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Maren Schrader requested that Jennifer Garvey be held under the state’s dangerousness statute or be sent to a locked facility. She said Jennifer Garvey has a history of violent behavior and submitted court records showing prior arrests.
Jennifer Garvey posed a threat to herself and others, including two or three small children who live in the couple’s home, Schrader said. The children are from a previous relationship of Ann Garvey’s, according to court testimony.
“A scratch on the car, drinking alcohol becomes a fight where a firearm is pulled out,” Schrader said. “Who’s not to say that one day she’s going to have this PTSD and then it’s not just her pulling her firearm on her wife, but it’s her pulling her firearm on three small children.”
Nothing good ever seems to come out of that.
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She certainly looks like a confused young girl.
