ELYRIA, Ohio Kalebet — An Elyria woman was arrested Wednesday after she twice tried to shut off her husband’s oxygen machine, police say.
Annette Osborn faces one charge of domestic violence in the incident at the couple’s home on Infirmary Road just west of West River Road, according to a police report.
The police were called to the house twice before arresting Osborn during their third visit. Her husband was not harmed.
Officers first went to the home just before midnight after Osborn shut off the electricity disabling her husband’s oxygen tank, according to a police report. The man needs the oxygen tank to breathe because he suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a police report said.
But when police arrived, her husband said the electricity went off by accident as Osborn worked on their television in the living room.
Police left and returned shortly before 12:30 p.m. for the same complaint. Osborn was drunk and drinking beer during the officers’ second visit, according to a police report. Osborn’s husband then said that nothing had happened since their visit and that he wanted her to either leave the house or go to sleep.
Osborn went to the bedroom and said she would go to sleep.
During the last visit, police learned that when they left, Osborn went back to the living room and started to pull his oxygen machine away from him. She also tried to turn the machine off several times before he fended her off, according to the police report.
The officers said that they made frequent visits to Osborn’s home within the past year, according to the report. During a Nov. 20, 2016 visit to the home, Osborn was intoxicated, topless and just wearing underwear, according to police reports.
She had turned off the electricity five times, according to police reports. The victim told officers that if the electricity was off, he would die from not getting enough oxygen from his machines.
Osborn has a 2007 domestic violence conviction in Oberlin Municipal Court.
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