Framingham woman charged with stalking ex-boyfriend, assaulting officers during arrest
BOSTON, July 2, 2026 – A Framingham woman is facing numerous charges after threatening to kill her boyfriend and then assaulting officers while threatening to chop them “into little pieces,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.
EMMA HAMMOND, 31, was charged in BMC Central Monday with one count of stalking, one count of strangulation or suffocation, one count of assault and battery on a family or household member, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count of assault and battery on a police officer, and one count of resisting arrest.
Judge Paul Treseler set bail at $200 and ordered Hammond to have no contact with and stay away from the victim. Hammond will return to court July 28 for a pre-trial hearing.
Shortly before midnight on June 26, Boston police responded to a restaurant located at 111 Dartmouth Street for a report of domestic violence. The victim told officers that he had met Hammond a few months ago. They dated for about a month before the victim told Hammond he did not want to continue the relationship. The victim said Hammond continually called him, kept coming to his home to harass him, and repeatedly appeared at the restaurant to threaten him.
The victim told officers that earlier on June 26 Hammond grabbed him by the neck outside the restaurant and said, “if you date another girl, I will kill you.”
The victim said that he had received FaceTime calls from an unknown person who threatened him by displaying guns and machetes. The person on the phone said if they found out he was dating another woman, they would find him and kill him.
After taking the victim’s report, officers received an alert that Hammond had returned to the scene. When they returned to arrest her, Hammond became combative, flailed her arms, kicked two officers, and spit in one officer’s face. While in custody, Hammond made suicidal statements as well as threats toward the officers, saying she “wish[es] [she] had a gun to shoot [them],” and that she would “chop [the officers] into little pieces and put [their] bodies in a box because [her] family was part of the Mafia.”
Hammond later admitted to officers that she grabbed the victim by the neck but that she was “just playing with him.” She also said that the suicidal remarks she made were an attempt to avoid arrest.
“This disturbing set of facts shows once again how unpredictable domestic violence calls can be for police officers. We too often see criminal cases arise when one of the people in a relationship will not accept that it has ended. Instead of moving on they pursue a path that ends in a courtroom,” Hayden said.
The victims of any crime, including domestic or sexual violence, should call 911 in an emergency. SafeLink, a statewide DV hotline, can be reached at 877-785-2020. SafeLink is answered by trained advocates 24/7 in English, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as TTY at 877-521-2601. It also has the capacity to provide multilingual translation in more than 140 languages. RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country, can be reached at 800-656-4673.
Help is also available for members of our LGBTQ+ community experiencing domestic or intimate partner violence through The Network/La Red by calling 617-742-4911 or 800-832-1901.
All charged individuals are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office serves the communities of Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. Our office handles more than 20,000 cases a year. Nearly 160 assistant district attorneys practice in nine district and municipal courts, Suffolk Superior Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Boston and Chelsea Juvenile Courts and the Supreme Judicial Court. Our office employs some 300 people and offers a wide range of services and programs for anyone encountering the criminal justice system. We are committed to educating the public about our mission and services while focusing on crime prevention to keep the residents, workers and visitors of Suffolk County safe.
James Borghesani, Chief of Communications