Bridgeport Woman Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Brother

According to Upper Providence Police, officers were dispatched for a report of a domestic dispute on the 100 block of High Street in Upper Providence at 1:05 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11. Police were told that at least one vicitm was reported with lacerations. 

Once on the scene, officers met with 37-year-old Nicole Hathcock, of the 100 block of Third Street in Bridgeport, who told police that she had attempted an intervention for her brother for his alleged rampant drug use.

Hathcock told police that during the intervention, an argument between the siblings escalated into a physical altercation and she used her long fingernails to lacerate her brother’s right testicle. Hathcock reportedly told police that she was at fault for the altercation.

According to the affidavit, Hathcock's brother had walked away prior to police arrival and was found in the rear parking lot of a nearby Comcast building. There, police confirmed the injury to the brother’s right testicle. Prior to being helped into a Lower Providence Ambulance, he told police that Hathcock had been the aggressor.

The victim was transported to Phoenixville Hospital where he received seven stitches to close the cut.

Hathcock was transported to the Lower Providence Police Station to be processed. She was charged with harassment with physical contact, aggravated assault with serious injury and other related charges.