January 29, 2010 in City

Speech blamed for domestic fight

Associated Press
 

PROSSER, Wash. – A Benton County sheriff’s officer says President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address apparently sparked a Prosser domestic dispute that ended with an arrest.

Lt. Joe Lusignan says a couple got into a fight over the speech Wednesday night, with the man grabbing his wife by the throat and pushing her down. Lusignan says the woman then kicked her husband in the groin and called for help.

The 55-year-old man was arrested for investigation of fourth-degree domestic violence assault and booked into the Benton County Jail.

It’s not clear what issue in the speech set off the fight.

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