Authorities say a Florida man used a front-end loader to dump a large bucket full of dirt on a car with his girlfriend inside.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Hunter Mills was charged with felony criminal mischief. The girlfriend was not hurt.
The sheriff’s office says Mills invited his girlfriend to talk with him at a dirt pit in Crestview, Florida, where he worked. Officials say the girlfriend arrived in a white sedan owned by someone else, and after he asked her a question, he used a front-end loader to dump a mound of dirt atop the car.
The sheriff’s offices posted a photograph on social media showing dirt piled atop the car and spilling across the driver’s seat and elsewhere.
Hunter Mills of Crestview wanted to talk to his girlfriend – but when she showed up in someone else’s ???? and wouldn’t answer a question, he used a front end loader to dump dirt on the 2010 Cadillac. Her window was down. ???? He’s charged with #felony criminal mischief. #Florida pic.twitter.com/0supeDG0tn
— OkaloosaSheriff (@OCSOALERTS) August 16, 2019
An attorney for Mills was not listed in jail records related to Thursday’s arrest.
Woman Threw Bleach in Boyfriend’s Eyes on His Dare
In a similar story in Duncan, SC., a sheriff’s office says a woman told deputies she threw bleach into her boyfriend’s eyes on a dare.
The State reports 56-year-old Barbara Davis told deputies she was cleaning during a New Year’s Day argument with her 54-year-old boyfriend when he dared her to throw it at him. Authorities did not immediately release his identity.
Davis told Spartanburg County Sheriff’s deputies that she believed her boyfriend was going to attack her, so she threw the bleach.
A sheriff’s office report says the man told deputies he had lost his vision. He refused medical treatment.
It happened New Year’s Day at a home on Duncan Reidville Road in the Duncan area of Spartanburg County, according to a Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office incident report.
The report says deputies found bleach stains in the living room of the Duncan home and on a sofa. Davis was charged with second-degree domestic violence.
Intimate Partner Violence
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), intimate partner violence affects millions of people in the United States each year. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as violence or aggression that occurs in a close relationship, usually perpetrated by current and former spouses and dating partners.
“IPV can vary in frequency and severity and occurs on a continuum, ranging from one episode that might or might not have lasting impact, to chronic and severe episodes over a period of years,” the agency said.
The behavior can fall into four categories, which are physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, and psychological aggression.
According to data from CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, nearly 1 in 4 adult women and approximately 1 in 7 adult men reported having experienced severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime.
The agency said the IPV considers this “a significant public health issue that has considerable societal costs.”
Anyone affected by domestic violence, including friends and family members concerned about a loved one, can receive confidential help, advice, information or crisis intervention by calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or visiting the website thehotline.org, which offers a live chat service.
NTD staff contributed to this article.
