Finally. Somebody used the words domestic violence and a woman in the same sentence….
Wife accused of tampering with husband’s table saw
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Court papers allege that an Olympia woman, angry that her husband left her, tampered with his power tools so that he received a powerful electric shock.
Carolyn Paulsen-Riat was booked Friday into the Thurston County Jail for investigation of third-degree assault, domestic violence, and second-degree malicious mischief. A judge released the 33-year-old woman on her own recognizance.
The Olympian newspaper reports that court documents say that on Jan. 1, the man was using a 220-volt table saw when he received the shock, knocking him to the ground. Thurston County sheriff’s deputies say the man did not need to go to a hospital.
In the documents, deputies say the woman told them she had reversed the wires on his power tools because she was angry he was leaving.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Another Bartholomew Client // Jan 12, 2010 at 7:22 pm
All it took to call this domestic violence is a premeditated attempt to kill her husband by electrocution to be charged with third degree assault, nice. No doubt she will SOC and go to Perpetrator-Survivor class for 12 months to be coddled and told what a strong woman she was to stand up to her abuser.
Sorry John, the level of charges make it clear same old gender bias Washington is famous for
2 jlukas // Jan 13, 2010 at 8:53 am
I agree. The headline was highly “sarcastic” as the facts bear out. Imagine a man being let out on his own recognizance after doing something like this.
3 The Geezer // Jan 15, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Uh, this was Hazard County (thurston) boyz.
And the unnamed judge? Christine, of course, the one that just got off the child support workgroup, and showed more of her male bias there.
The Geezer
4 jlukas // Jan 15, 2010 at 8:23 pm
They are the worst. Sorry King County…..
5 Joel Gamache // Jan 19, 2010 at 6:46 am
Released for attempted murder,Thats a crime in itself.What a great government we have.
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