Dispute over bowl of rice led to ruckus involving iron, pan and broomstick

An apparent dispute over rice between sisters erupted into a battle involving an iron, a pot and a broomstick, according to statements in a recently released arrest affidavit. Police in Port St. Lucie, Florida, went to an address in Southwest Bellevue Avenue on May 1 after a domestic disturbance report. The sister of Marentine St Louis, 29, told investigators that she and St Louis got in a rice-related rumpus.



The sister said St Louis took her bowl of rice, and they started yelling at each other. The sister said St Louis began hitting her, and that St Louis got an iron and hit her over the head. The siblings' father separated them, but minutes later St Louis followed her sister, attempting to hit her with a small pot.

The sister said she went outside and St Louis locked her out. When the sister got back in, St Louis tried to jab her with a broom stick. The sister had a head injury and bite marks on her arms. Meanwhile, St Louis told police they got in a fight. She said she "came at" her sister with a broomstick, but their father grabbed it. St Louis denied striking her sister with an iron or anything else.



Police contacted the father, who had left for work, by phone. "He was brief with me and said they had an argument, referred me to their mother that was never home and then hung up on me," theaffidavit states. St Louis was arrested on felony charges including aggravated battery and aggravated assault.