By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff

A Rhode Island woman is in hot water after she allegedly threw her coffee onto a meter maid who was ticketing her car in Brookline on Tuesday.

Krystle Charley, 23, of North Smithfield, R.I. was arraigned today in Brookline District Court on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a public employee. A not guilty plea was entered on her behalf. Charley was released on personal recognizance and a further hearing was scheduled for April 5.

According to the police report, meter maid Claire MacPherson, 64, began writing a ticket for Charley's green Jeep at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on Washington Street. When Charley approached the vehicle, MacPherson told her that she couldn't stop writing the ticket because she had entered it into a computer system.

Charley then threw a cup of hot coffee onto MacPherson, covering "her waist area and pants," the report said.