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Woman Charged With Headbutting, Battery Of Husband
June 21, 2012
A Cantonment woman was charged after allegedly headbutting her husband, hitting him with a multitude of household objects and sending him to a hospital for treatment.
April Dawn Fleming, age 26 of Wiggins Lane, was charged with felony aggravated battery using a deadly weapon. She remained in the Escambia County Jail late Wednesday with bond set at $2,500.
Fleming’s husband told deputies that the couple was arguing when Fleming slapped him in the face, grabbed him, pushed him toward a couch and headbutted him in the nose, according to an arrest report. The husband then tried to call authorities, at which time he reported Fleming grabbed a framed pictured off the wall and slammed it over his head before throwing multiple items at him.
One of the items Fleming allegedly threw at her husband was an AM/FM boombox, causing a 1.5 inch gash on the back of his head. In addition to the gash, deputies reported Fleming had obvious injuries to his nose and bruising to his nose. He was transported to West Florida Hospital by Escambia County EMS for treatment.
Fleming, according to an arrest report, admitted to deputies that she slapped her husband. She told deputies that her husband threw her to the couch and punched her in the head, but deputies reporting finding no injuries or evidence to support that claim.
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21 Responses to “Woman Charged With Headbutting, Battery Of Husband”
I once told my bride of 16 years this august, “If you are going to raise a hand to me you had better be asking a question” as I wouldn’t raise one toward you. I guess boom boxes and picture frames are not hands though.
OK let’s switch the gender roles for one minute and think about this. All things being equal, we should be hearing:
“Boy, you need to take your kids and get out of that relationship NOW. Women never change. The abuse will just get worse if you stay with her. Think of your safety and that of your children. I knew a guy one time who was a friend’s brother’s second cousin whose wife used to beat him. He thought it would get better and he ended up dead.”
and they will kiss and make up!
Remember, it takes two to tango…… Something set her off, not saying what she done was right, but it took something to make her snap.
I agree with the writer ‘ME’ — there is nothing humorous about this story! She should serve as much time as a man for domestic violence. If she’s that unhappy that she needs to use items for weapons, I would be handing her a suitcase full of her clothes before putting her out on the street! It doesn’t matter to me if there are chiildren in the household; if she can’t manage her anger with a man, what would or could she do with a child! Thank the Lord, she didn’t have a knife close by.
Every marriage has issues, my wife and I had some when we first married. Now 12 years later its all past and were very happy.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned…
@ Flemings—try to hang in there. If she’s a good mother don’t let this mess up your kids. I know my wife and I had some “spirited discussions” years ago—but that was then, this is now. It’s good to see a man stand up for his wife even in the worse of times.
Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge. Ha ha.
Well Mr. Fleming you better learn how to duck, bob and weave next time. I commend you for keeping your self control though!!!
I to am married to a hot headed good looking blond,and this is exactly the way i would expect her to react if i had told her i had cheated on her.Not saying you did.
Okay, front page? Well that sucks. What happened was a bad thing. It’s over now. Time moves forward. April is a GREAT wife and an absolutely TERRIFIC mother. Life is full of lessons. You learn from them or get burned by them. But remember, these are the lives and emotions of others. If you can’t find kind words of encouragement, faith and forgiveness, then blog your free time somewhere else or get involved with something that has more of an impact on your soul and not somebody else’s.
If these alleged (violent) acts were done TO the wife by her husand I seriously believe that the tone of some of these posts would be a little less humerous…and, I would also bet that the bail amount would have been MUCH heaftier for the husband. I can only imagine what event stimulated this young wife to appearantly loose control- but, regardless, she could have killed her husband. Very likely, he had to have a CT scan of the head to rule out a subdural hematoma or intracrainial bleed- and if he didnt have health insurance, guess who paid for it…AND, the EMS transport AND the ER care.
Ahhh…my neighbors once again!
The sad thing is, if the guy defended himself and left a mark on her in doing so, he’d be in jail, too.
Pretty lady.
Try not to make her mad in the future and ban all boom boxes.
They’re dangerous in the wrong hands.
David for domestic harmony
I doubt very seriously this would happen at my house.
OMG i know her! i cant believe this.
She should have been a redhead.
Dang, Mr. Fleming, you got beat up by a pretty girl. Seriously, that felony domestic V charge is going to follow her around for a long time.
It seems to me Mr. Fleming has a lot more self-control than I.