A Somerset woman has been formally arraigned on a single count of a misdemeanor assault for allegedly trying to open the driver's side door of an occupied vehicle. The Jeep was piloted by former Somerset Selectman Holly McNamara who was blocked from leaving a Somerset residence.

In the incident that occurred in August of 2021, McNamara claims she was at the home of a friend trying to pick up mail while the owner of the Somerset home was in Maine when she was stopped and approached. Elizabeth Elmasian, 58, and McNamara squared off in a 13 minute digital video that the former selectman recorded on her cell phone. In the video recording, Elmasian is heard hurling numerous insults and obscenities. A 911 dispatcher told McNamara to just ignore Elmasian, lock her car and not to let her in.

Elsmasian is a Providence based Attorney and is part of Somerset's "Save Our Bay", which has been at the center of the ongoing controversy regarding the former Brayton Point property in the town.