A woman arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer at her daughter’s wedding reception was belligerent and screaming obscenities, according to court records.

East Bay bride’s mom belligerent, cursing before wedding reception arrest

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A woman arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer at her daughter’s wedding reception was belligerent and screaming obscenities, according to court records.

In a civil lawsuit, Lisa Notter claimed that a “highly agitated” Det. Chelsea Wright barged into the backyard party, demanded that the hosts turn off the music and arrested her in front of the wedding guests after the 63-year-old registered nurse accidentally splashed water on Wright’s uniform.

In Wright’s version of events, included in an Oct. 27 joint case management statement, Notter was cursing, uncooperative and rude before she threw a cup of water on the officer.

Notter sued Pleasant Hill, the police department and Wright in U.S. District Court in August. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants violated Notter’s constitutional rights, used excessive force, invaded her privacy, trespassed and falsely arrested and imprisoned her in August 2015.

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On Nov. 2, Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Corley ruled that Notter’s First Amendment rights had not been violated during the confrontation, and granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the claims against the city and police department. The parties will attempt to resolve the remaining claims outside of court before going to trial in August 2017.

During the wedding reception, Wright arrived at Notter’s Masefield Drive home shortly after 11 p.m. in response to a noise complaint, according to court documents. A man she believed was a wedding guest led Wright through the house to the backyard and told her to talk to Notter.

“As Officer Wright approached her in the backyard, she observed that Ms. Notter was extremely belligerent and appeared to be under the influence of an alcoholic beverage,” the statement says.

Since the family did not have a permit to play amplified music after 11 p.m., Wright told Notter they had to turn it off. Notter insisted that the music could remain on until midnight because she had notified the Pleasant Hill Police Department and her neighbors beforehand, according to court documents. Furthermore, Notter said an unidentified police sergeant had given her permission to keep the party going until midnight and told Wright to tell the sergeant he was an (expletive).

“Ms. Notter then threw her cup of water on Officer Wright, called her a b—-, and said she was ruining the wedding,” the statement says.

As guests shouted and surrounded them, Wright and Officer Sean Bias tried to handcuff Notter who resisted physically, yelled at them and repeatedly swore at Wright, according to court records.

“The issue is did Ms. Notter throw water on my officer?” said attorney Gregory Fox, who represents Pleasant Hill and Wright. “If she did, there was probable cause to handcuff her and arrest her for an assault on a police officer.”

Notter’s attorney Matthew Witteman declined to comment on his client’s alleged behavior or the city’s version of what happened at the party.

However, the lawsuit claims the police officers, “physically seized Ms. Notter, painfully pinned her arms behind her back and lifted her off the floor and out of the house, to the intense embarrassment, humiliation and shock of Ms. Notter, her husband, the Notter family and the entire wedding party.”

Notter spent the night in the County Jail in Martinez, but the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office ultimately did not charge her.

 

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