Posted on 12/28/2022 12:40:04 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A 55-year-old Florida man allegedly attacked his girlfriend with a holiday ornament on Christmas morning, documents showed.
Frankie Caldwell, of Clearwater, was arrested after he allegedly struck his girlfriend in the head with an "angel figurine" during a confrontation in the couple's home at around 7 a.m. Sunday, the Smoking Gun reported, citing an arrest affidavit.
The "fragile" Christmas ornament shattered into pieces as a result of the attack, with the unnamed victim claiming that some of the bits had fallen down the back of her dress, according to police.
Caldwell denied carrying out the attack and instead claimed it was the victim who had hit him with the figurine.
However, police noted that Caldwell, who is bald, "showed no injuries on his head."
The scene was also "consistent with the victim's account of events," the arrest affidavit showed.
Caldwell was arrested on a pair of felony battery counts. He was booked into the county jail, where he remains locked up in lieu of $7,500 bond.
A judge ordered him to have no contact with the victim.
Caldwell was previously convicted of felony battery in 1991 and 2016. He was also arrested in 2017 after he was accused of elbowing his pregnant girlfriend in the mouth during an argument in their home.
In a similar story, a Texas man was accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend on Christmas Day following an argument over gifts.
Police were responding to a report of a disturbance at The Edge Apartments along the 4700 block of Taft Boulevard just before 9:30 a.m. Sunday when they encountered a woman who was crying and walking frantically back and forth.
The woman, who was 8 months pregnant, had several marks on her face, police observed.
She later told officers after calming down that her boyfriend, later identified as Jarin Cedric Simpson, had struck her in the face multiple times with his hands and kicked her, Texoma's Fox reported.
The assault occurred after an argument regarding Christmas gifts, she claimed.
Simpson initially denied attacking the victim, but he later stated, "Well, I'll just say she hit me too, so does she go to jail?"
He was arrested and charged with assault of a pregnant person and failure to identify as a fugitive.
Sorry, couldn't resist
Of course, the headline writer could have simply gone with “Florida Man beats up girlfriend with Christmas Ornament”, but that’s too simple.
Just a side comment: They mention the man’s age, but not the girlfriend’s.
Fracus in Florida; tootsie terrorized with tree topper.
Hang out with Florida Man on Christmas morning, get Touched by an Angel.
Ooooh...shades of the infamous Claude Cooper Copper Clapper Caper.
Being that it is in Florida, she probably simply wasn’t listening
Came here for the comments and was not disappointed. 😄
Here is a man with enough battery to build his own Tesla.
It amazes me how many good men have no girlfriends, while womenbeaters never seen to lack any. So many women say what they want in men, then attach themselves to the opposite.
I have seen that a lot also. These women want to change a man. They always seek out the bad boys for the purpose of taming them. It rarely works out.
When I was in college, I noticed this and decided that for 30 days I would act like a complete jerk to all the women I knew. They were all calling me a lot and begging for attention.
At the end of the 30 days, I went back to my normal self and found my self very alone. Interesting experiment.
I would expect nothing less from Florida Man.
He does keep very busy, has to let out his frustrations somewhere.
Does anyone know what the last thing she said before he did it was?
Every time a bell goes off in your head, an Angel has lost it’s wings.
He was arrested and charged with assault of a pregnant person
What has pregnancy got to do with it?
According to some she was just carrying a mass of dividing
cells.
What if she identified as a horse?
There must be a better way. If only they celebrated Festivus. No ornaments - just an aluminum pole.
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