Man arrested for battery with a turkey

A Dorchester man was arrested yesterday for assault and battery with a deadly weapon after he hit his girlfriend with a frozen turkey, police said.

The victim said her boyfriend accused her of talking with her mother on the phone for too long, retrieved the frozen bird from the freezer and threw it at her, hitting her in the hip, according to the Boston Police Department report.

The victim told police she had received the frozen turkey and other holiday groceries from her church and had brought them to her boyfriend’s rooming house.



Mark Woodward was arrested for the alleged assault.

According to the report, Woodward denied he had argued with his girlfriend or hurled the turkey at her.

A frozen turkey was found on the porch of Woodward’s 9 Claybourne St. residence, with apparent damage to the packaging, police said.