GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A De Pere woman is accused of going on a drunken rampage, which included attacking her daughter, just a day after her husband was arrested.
45-year-old Rachelle M. Eakman is charged with five counts, including child abuse-intentionally cause bodily harm, battery and resisting an officer.
According to the criminal complaint, police were called for a possible physical disturbance in the 300 block of Jacobs Court around 9:45 p.m. on February 2.
Officers saw Eakman standing near a car in the driveway. She got inside the car as if to drive away, but Eakman had trouble putting the key in the ignition. Eakman shouted, “What do you want,” in a slurred voice. One officer noticed fresh blood on her right hand and wrist.
Eakman was asked to get out of the car, and she replied, “I didn’t do anything, I’m leaving.” Then Eakman added, “All I did was kick my daughter out.” The officer smelled booze on her breath as Eakman continued to slur her words. She tried leaving, but 2 cops had to physically remove her from the car.
After being subdued, officers were able to go inside the home and noticed what appeared to be blood on the north wall in the entry on the east side of the residence. Drops of blood were also seen from the entry way through the kitchen, into the living room, hall way, and into the bathroom where splatter was also seen going down the basement stairs.
Inside the kitchen, officers saw a broken broom with what looked to be blood on it and a spilled spaghetti dinner on the floor.
The complaint states that one of Eakman’s daughters had a 1-inch long red mark under her eye on her cheek bone and a smaller about half-inch red mark just under her right eye lid. She told police that happened when Eakman punched her in the eye. Her older sister was also involved in an altercation with Eakman and got punched.
The daughter told police that Eakman was released from jail around 4 p.m. that day, and that both girls were going to pick her up from a friend’s house. But when they arrived, the friend told them Eakman had just left to go to a bar. The girls returned home to watch movies with their siblings.
About 5 hours later, Eakman arrived home “plastered”, and was yelling at how it was their fault that she lost her husband and caused him to be arrested last night. Eakman stated, “If it weren’t for the younger sister, she wouldn’t have a daughter.” Eakman then charged at her, striking the daughter in the right side of her head.
Eakman continued to engage in her attack mode, by grabbing a cooking pan and getting ready to use it to hit one of the girls. She ended up just throwing the spaghetti pan down on the floor.
When officers began speaking with the older daughter, she told them, “My mom just beat the @#$% out of me.” She said her head, neck and shoulder hurt, while holding a napkin to her nose with a small amount of blood on it.
The daughter was taken to a hospital, where Eakman also was. She told officers that Eakman blamed her for her stepdad’s arrest last evening. After time had passed following the initial attack, the daughter then went downstairs to get the broom. Eakman got the broom for her, but then struck her over the head with it.
Eakman refused to cooperate with officers at this point, especially while making several suicidal comments. She refused to be taken to the Crises Center, nor would she answer any questions. Eakman only said, “I didn’t @#$%^&* do anything, to that bitch, I just want her out. Those kids destroyed my marriage.”
Eakman is due back in court on March 4 for her arraignment. If convicted on all counts, she faces more than 8 years in prison.
