Dec. 29 Nadene Maxwell was arrested on suspicion of assault with intent to injure, criminal damage and disorderly conduct after she allegedly attacked her brother.

Maricopa Police report Maxwell got into a dispute with her brother that turned physical at a residence on West Michaels Drive.

Police state that Maxwell came to the residence to give presents to her children, who her brother takes care of. It began as a verbal argument at the front door when her brother would not allow her to see the children.

“Nadene hit [her brother]in the chest a few times when she tried to get past him into the house,” the police probable cause statement states. “[Her brother] and his roommate … pushed the front door of the residence closed preventing her from getting in.”

Police report Maxwell then broke the front window on the house with a rock and remained outside yelling until police arrived.

She was arrested and taken to the Pinal County Jail.