Stewart and I went to Middletown to pick up Carrie. Kent drove. We arrived at approximately 8:02PM according to the video camera clock. When Carmen answered the door she only opened the door a few inches and held the storm door open a few inches also. She asked what we wanted. Stewart told her we were there to pick Carrie up. As she started to speak, a car drove by and honked its horn. I didn’t hear anything she said. I grabbed the handle of the storm door with my left hand because I was holding the video camera with my right hand. I told her that I couldn’t here what she said. She looked at me and said, “I don’t give you permission to videotape me.” Stewart said that he had given his permission. Carmen said, “No, you don’t.” Stewart reiterated that he did. Carmen again said “No” and reached for the storm door to close it. The bottom corner of the door caught on my foot, but Carmen tugged until it closed. Then she closed the interior door.

While I continued to videotape, Stewart called the police. He explained that he was at 717 Vancouver Street attempting to pick up his daughter for visitation and that his ex-wife had refused. We sat in the car and waited.

Within a few minutes, two police cars showed up. One officer was in each car. In one car was also a nurse doing a “ride along”. One officer went inside Carmen’s house while the other officer and the nurse asked Stewart and me some questions. Then the 2nd officer and the nurse went inside also. We waited in the car.

A few minutes later both officers and the nurse came out. The officer who went in first stated to Stewart and me that he was going to file the report. The other officer and the nurse left. The reporting officer more interested in my identification than previous officers had been. After I gave him all my information, he told me that Carmen complained to him that I assaulted her by causing the door to scratch her arm. I asked if he thought the scratch was fresh. He said it was red and puffy. Then I explained to him what had happened, including the fact that I was holding a video camera the whole time. He indicated that it sounded a bit ridiculous to him. He told us that he explained to Carmen that if she wanted to file a complaint, she would have to go to the station to do it. Then he gave Stewart and me the usual speech about how this is a civil matter and that we have to take it back to court. We acknowledged that we understood and that we only wanted a report from him.

We left 717 Vancouver at 8:32PM and arrived at my house by 10:15PM.