Unnecessarily Rescued

(Hartford, Connecticut) A girl misinterpreted her mother's screams as calls for help so the daughter gathered some teen friends to rescue her. The mother, Melanie Arnold, 34, was actually making noises while in the intimate embraces of a male friend, Roger Swanson, and she didn't need to be rescued.

The teens knocked on the bedroom door and Arnold opened it, according to the couple, who recently broke up.

The teens rushed into the room and the man, Roger Swanson, said he didn't have a chance to explain himself. He said he tried to get away, but the teens chased him down and started beating him in the house.

He said he knelt down over a chair and tried to protect his face, but got hit in the eye and in the back. He said Arnold covered his back to try to protect him, but the teen with the bat started hitting him in the legs. Then the youths left.

The girl and three teen males were arrested and charged with assault. File under "No good deed goes unpunished."

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