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Furious SI Mom Beats Boyfriend With Pot Over Crappy Mother's Day Planning
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Garth Johnston
Published May 9, 2011
Modified May 9, 2011
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"I was going to get her balloons and candy and take her to dinner," 28-year-old Staten Islander Charmean Allen told the Post yesterday regarding the mother of his eight-month-old son, "But I can't take her to dinner because the police aren't releasing her." And why did they arrest 28-year-old Aretavia Kimbrough? Because she beat Allen over the head with a pot when he didn't have a gift ready for her at 7 a.m. on her first Mother's Day.
"I hit him with a pot, and I'm glad I did!" Kimbrough, allegedly told the police regarding the incident which left Allen with a four-inch gash and a lump on his head. "I've been with him for seven years, and he never bought me nothing! "
The cops arrived on the scene when after a friend of Allen's called them in. Despite the fact that Allen declined to press charges, the police arrested the "crazed-looking" Kimbrough anyway and expect to charge her with domestic violence today.
So what is next for these crazy Staten Island kids? The future remains hazy. "She has a little bit of a temper, I'd say. This is probably the end for us," Allen told the tabloid. "But I'll take care of my kid."
Meanwhile, it probably dates us that whenever we think of hitting people on the head with pots in relation to motherhood all we can think of is this:
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