WOONSOCKET – The frontwoman of one in every of northern Rhode Island’s hottest rhythm ‘n blues bands and her boyfriend had been arrested after a row with a neighbor over a parking spot, police say.
Heidi Beth Nirk, 47, and Timothy P. Barbrick, 57, each of 565 Blackstone St., had been charged with one depend every of straightforward assault, a misdemeanor, after a feud with a 45-year-old lady who lives upstairs from them round 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Could 21.
The episode reportedly unfolded when Barbrick started pounding on the girl’s door to rebuke her violating the residence rule on limiting parking to at least one car per unit. Barbrick admitted to police, they are saying, that he’d turn out to be incensed over the girl’s repeated violations after he’d come residence and located that she’d taken up his “favourite” area whereas her son’s car was additionally within the lot.
Responding to the obvious commotion that ensued after the girl opened the door, Nirk adopted Barbrick to the girl’s residence.
Because the confrontation turned bodily, Barbrick allegedly grabbed the girl by the collar as Nirk “took her hand and mushed her face,” police studies say. Round that point, Barbrick allegedly picked up a ground mat and threw it on the lady.
Barbrick and Nirk returned to their residence and known as the police after the girl’s son emerged from the bathe and commenced scolding them.
Police interviewed everybody concerned within the blowup in an effort to determine what occurred. They mentioned that Barbrick and Nirk gave the impression to be downplaying the severity of the incident.
“Heidi admitted to smushing (the sufferer’s) face however said she did so non-violently,” Officer Robert Frye’s report says.
In the long run, police concluded that Barbrick had instigated the confrontation and that he and Nirk ought to each be charged.
“Based mostly on Timothy and Heidi deciding to reply to the third ground to provoke and interact in a hostile argument with (the sufferer) over a minor concern resembling parking I decided (the sufferer’s) story to be credible and deemed Timothy because the predominant aggressor,” the report says.
A Burrillville native, Nirk is the lead singer for her namesake musical group, the Heidi Nirk Band, recognized for hard-rocking rhythm ‘n blues, soul and swing. The band’s web site describes Nirk as “a pressure of nature…Her voice is sort of a rollercoaster – terrifying, exhilarating and completely unpredictable.”
