Two women charged with felonies after late-night assault in Logan, charges say

LOGAN, Utah (ABC4) — Two women have been arrested and charged after forcing their way into a Logan home and attacking a woman in the middle of the night.

Mandy Guvench, 40, and Jaymee Nicole Friedli, 31, were both charged with first-degree felony aggravated burglary and misdemeanor assault with injury. Friedli is also facing a charge of first-degree felony obstruction of justice.

Early Wednesday morning, around 2 a.m., Logan City Police officers were dispatched to a reported domestic dispute. When they arrived, they found that it was more serious, and that it was an aggravated burglary and assault, according to documents.

Guvench and Friedli allegedly knocked on the door, and when the victim answered, they forced their way into the house. One woman covered the victim’s nose and mouth while the other “struck the victim repeatedly in the face with closed fists.”

The two dragged the victim outside and onto the lawn, where they continued to physically attack her. The victim’s boyfriend heard screaming and came outside. He pulled the two women off the victim and recognized one as a family member and the other as his soon-to-be ex-wife. Guvench and Friedli then fled the scene before police arrived.

Police officers went to Friedli’s residence in North Logan and knocked on the door. When Friedli answered, she allegedly had blood on her wrist and scrapes on her legs. She was wearing clothes matching the description given by witnesses, and her shirt had dirt on it.

When officers asked about Guvench, Friedli said that she was traveling home to Idaho and was not in the residence. According to documents, police could see a woman matching Guvench’s description through the closed blinds.

Friedli was placed under arrest, at which point she allegedly told police Guvench was inside and that officers could go in. She led them inside and asked Guvench to come downstairs. Guvench was observed to have blood on her shirt and dirt markings on her clothes.

Both Friedli and Guvench were placed under arrest and transported to the Cache County Jail.