Royersford Woman Assaults Mom Over Jell-O Shots: Police

A Royersford woman faces multiple charges, including simple assault, after she allegedly guzzled all the Jell-O shots at her mother’s birthday party and then topped it off by beating the birthday girl, according to Royersford Borough Police.

A 15-year-old resident on the 800 block of Main Street called police around 8:45 p.m. June 8 after Gwen House, 33, also a resident of the home, struck her mother in the upper torso and hit and grabbed the woman "forcefully" in the neck area, police said. The assault happened after House's mother confronted her about the excessive boozing, according to police. 

House was then hit in the jaw before members of the party were able to break up the fight. Police did not say who struck House. 

According to an officer on the scene, House had four bottles of prescription narcotics in her bra, all labeled in her name, which police believe were consumed conjunction with the alcohol.

House was charged with simple assault, harassment by physical contact and public drunkenness and was sent to the Montgomery County Prison after she was unable to post bail, according to court documents.

She pleaded guilty in 2005 to theft by unlawful taking, for which she was given probation, court records state.

House served jail time in 2006 for criminal conspiracy to procure drugs by fraud.