Posted on 08/19/2011 9:26:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A woman accused of throwing a basil plant at her husband after a meat-related argument was arrested on a misdemeanor charge, according to a recently released police report.
Accused herb hurler Andrea Antoine-Pierre, 52, was jailed on a battery (domestic) charge Monday following an apparent culinary confrontation with her spouse at their home in the 600 block of Southwest Curtis Street in Port St. Lucie.
Antoine-Pierre's 60-year-old husband told Port St. Lucie police he was in the kitchen preparing food when his wife got home.
"They then began to argue about what type of meat was supposed to be cooked," the report states.
The report didn't specify whether the meat was beef, poultry, pork, fish or some sort of crustacean.
As the husband walked away during the dispute, Antoine-Pierre stands accused of throwing a potted basil plant at her husband's back, hitting his left shoulder.
Basil, an aromatic herb often associated with Italian and Thai cuisine, is not often used as a weapon.
Antoine-Pierre's husband got past his wife. While outside, Antoine-Pierre reportedly got rocks from the garden and tossed them at her husband, but the rocks didn't hit him.
Antoine-Pierre told police she argued with her husband over dinner. She said he called her mom a liar.
"Upon hearing this Ms. Pierre admitted to picking up the plant and throwing it on the ground not on her husband," the report states.
Asked to explain how dirt got on her husband's back, Antoine-Pierre said "it must have bounced off the ground."
Antoine-Pierre also said she lobbed rocks in her husband's "general direction" but didn't hit him.
Antoine-Pierre's 26-year-old stepson said Antoine-Pierre threw a plant in his father's direction but couldn't determine whether it hit him.
As for the potted basil plant, police took a photo of it in the trash can.
Well there’s a headline you don’t see every day.
Better than dodging ash trays.
When basil is outlawed, only outlaws will have basil.
It wasn’t the leafy plant that was the problem. The assault weapon was the pot it was in!
When I was a teenager I had a girlfriend smack me in the head with a brass goose.
Sorry to hear you were goosed by your girlfriend.
She just wanted to spice up their relationship.
Sounds like she didn’t like his meat. Happens all the time.
A woman accused of throwing a basil plant at her husband after a meat-related argument was arrested on a misdemeanor charge.....
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My sister had a meat-related argument with a moose one time.
I guess you all know how THAT ended.
Is she from Barcelona?
Nah, she was mexican
Vegetarians never have this problem
You’re busted.
Note to Scripps: “Meat flap” has slang connotations that you might not particularly have intended in a family newspaper.
I always keep my basil in my garden, locked behind a fence. Makes it hard to use as a convenient weapon of rage and keeps any children from having an accident!
"BASIL!!"
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