Staff Report

Jennifer Jean Bloom

SYRACUSE — A Syracuse woman was arrested after allegedly using a baseball bat to threaten a woman.

Jennifer Jean Bloom, 51, 503 Edgewater Drive Lot 22, Syracuse, is charged with intimidation with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony.

On Aug. 5, a Syracuse Police officer responded to a report of intimidation at a local apartment complex. Upon arrival at the scene, the officer spoke with a woman who said she was walking on the roadway when a female drove next to her in the complex.

According to court documents, when the woman moved off to the side of the road, the vehicle continued to get closer to her. A verbal argument began, and the driver allegedly pulled out a baseball bat while threatening to hit the woman with it.

The officer then spoke with a witness, who said the woman was walking on the roadway when a driver, later identified as Bloom, became upset with the woman for not moving out of the road fast enough to allow her vehicle around. Bloom was holding a bat outside of her vehicle and threatened to hit the woman while waving the bat around.

A second witness saw the verbal altercation and watched Bloom grab a baseball bat, threatening to hit the woman in the head.

Bloom said the woman was walking in the road and called her a derogatory word. Bloom told the officer she was tired of people “walking on her” and said she took the bat out of her vehicle to defend herself after confronting the woman. Officers found a baseball bat in Bloom’s vehicle.

Bloom has already been arrested and released on bond.