By Richard C. Dujardin
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A 20-year-old woman who allegedly broke into the home of her sister-in-law and tried to choke her while she slept has been released on personal recognizance after her arrest Friday on charges of breaking and entering and assault by strangulation.
The police said the victim, Amanda Homerston, 26, of 89 Bishop Hill Rd., told them she had been asleep in her bedroom Thursday night when she woke to find her sister-in-law - Amanda Blanchette, 20, of 7 Cross Rd. - on to top of her with hands around her throat.
Blanchette told the police she had broken into the home after being told her brother's wife had been cheating on her brother, Adam, who is about to deploy to Afghanistan.
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