Lang
7/22/22
An armed transient had a literal axe to grind with staff at Shelter House this week.
Officials at the Southgate Avenue homeless shelter called Iowa City Police just after 6:30 Wednesday morning for a woman who had been banned from the facility showing up while wielding an axe. Shelter House staff told the woman, identified as 37-year-old Carrie O’Hare, to drop the axe. She complied, then left the area.
O’Hare then reportedly returned a short time later and began screaming and walking in the middle of the street. She was arrested and charged with Trespassing and Disorderly Conduct, but no weapons charges. If convicted, she faces a maximum of 30 days in jail.
Trial is set for September 2nd,
O’Hare has a history of threats and weapons offenses. In 2020 she was sentenced to one week in jail after she threatened a man with a knife, declaring she was going to “slit his throat” and “cut his ear off.” O’Hare also said she was going to burn the man’s house down later that night.