CHICOPEE - A Holyoke woman accused of barging into homes on Burnett Road uninvited and threatening two people with a knife was arrested over the weekend.

Heather Rodriguez, 40, of 949 Hampden St., was arrested Saturday and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, creating a disturbance while carrying a dangerous weapon, breaking and entering in the daytime to commit a felony and resisting arrest, said Michael Wilk, police public information officer.

Rodriguez's alleged rampage began at around 6:30 p.m. when she approached a man who was mowing his lawn and asked him for a drink of water. "She then, without provocation, pulled a folding knife from her pocket and began chasing the party around," he said.

The man was able to flee and Rodriguez went to another house and is being accused of entering uninvited. The homeowner confronted her, took the knife and demanded she leave, Wilk said.

She then rang the doorbell at 1040 Burnett Road and then entered the house of people she did not know. She then began yelling and walked into the kitchen while the homeowner tried to force her to leave, Wilk said.

When Officer Erek Machowski responded to a call from the residents, he found the woman "ranting and raving." When she refused to leave the house at 1040 Burnett Road with him, he handcuffed her and escorted her from the home and into his car, all while she tried to get away, he said.

Police then arrested her and began driving her to the Police Department.

"During transport, she again began to become combative, screaming, yelling and urinating in the vehicle. During booking, she was kept handcuffed, as she continued to be uncooperative and combative," Wilk said.

Rodriguez was held over the weekend at the Western Massachusetts Regional Woman's Correctional Facility, Wilk said.

She was arraigned Tuesday and bail was set at $500 cash. She continues to be held at the correctional facility and the case was continued until June 28, court officials said.