Man arrested for shoving green tomato in wife's mouth

60-year-old Dennis Eskew of Bozeman, Montana, has been arrested for partner/family member assault after police say he shoved a green tomato in his wife's mouth.

On Monday, Sept. 17, Eskew's wife called 911 saying that Eskew threw her down to the floor and was throwing things at her. When Gallatin Co. Sheriff's deputy, Cindy Crawford, arrived on scene, Eskew's wife said she and her husband had been arguing and he shoved an unripe green tomato into her mouth so far that she "started to gag reflex."



The wife said he also pushed her to the floor and kneed her in the abdomen. The wife told Crawford the incident "terrified" her and said, "I was afraid of him really hurting me."

Eskew told Crawford that the couple had been arguing. He said, "I got tired of hearing her scream so I stuffed a tomato in her mouth." When asked why he did this, he replied, "mostly to shut her up." However, he did deny pushing her to the ground. Eskew is in the Gallatin County jail, being held on $500 bond.