Police said the boyfriend still wanted to break up and wanted her prosecuted for the damage to his elephant statue.

The Mesa Republic (Airizona)
Sept. 28, 2007 01:22 PM

A Mesa woman chased her live-in boyfriend with a hammer after he tried to break up with her, police said.
Pamela Ruth, 47, was booked for prior outstanding warrants, criminal damage, domestic violence and false reporting to law enforcement.
Police were called to the couple's home in the 2400 block of East Brown Road shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday to responds to reports of a woman chasing her boyfriend with a hammer.According to police, the couple had been dating for about nine months and had been living together since March. The man, who is 42, tried to end the relationship over the telephone earlier in the day, but Ruth hung up on him.
She returned home to confront the man and began breaking items in the home, including two model airplanes and a statue of an elephant. She then grabbed a hammer and began chasing her boyfriend, according to police.
Police said the boyfriend still wanted to break up and wanted her prosecuted for the damage to his elephant statue.

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