A 43-year-old woman is facing two felony charges and a misdemeanor domestic battery charge after Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies said she hit her wheelchair-bound husband and then pushed a deputy at their home in the Boca Falls community of unincorporated Boca Raton. Maureen Ashley Frank was arrested Saturday evening.
According to a police report reviewed by BocaNewsNow.com, the husband called 911 around 6:15 p.m. to say his wife had hit him in the face and left. When the first deputy arrived, Frank had returned and blocked the doorway, refusing to let the deputy speak with her husband and demanding proof that he had called for help.
The probable cause affidavit says that when the door opened again, Frank pushed the deputy with her right hand and shut the door. The deputy pulled her to the ground by her jacket. Deputies said she refused to give up her hands and got up at one point before a second unit arrived and she was handcuffed.
The husband, who deputies said has a traumatic brain injury from a vehicle crash, told investigators in a sworn video statement that he was afraid of his wife.
Frank asked for an attorney and did not give a statement, according to the Sheriff’s Office. She is charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence, both felonies, plus misdemeanor domestic battery. Bond was set at $5,000, and she was ordered to stay away from her husband.
These are charges filed by law enforcement, and they are allegations. Frank is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
