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Subscribe to RSSPolice say a 69-year-old woman from Palm Springs has been arrested after her husband reported that she tried to cut off his penis with a large pair of scissors.
Palm Springs police said in a statement Sunday that Virginia Valdez was arrested on suspicion of mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and spousal abuse.
Online jail records say she was released Sunday and is scheduled to appear in court next month.
The couple has been married for 32 years, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The 62-year-old husband — whose name was not released — called police Saturday night and when officers came to his house he said his wife had attempted to sever his penis with scissors, which police say resembled poultry shears.
“They were more heavy duty than the standard office scissors,” Palm Springs Police Sgt. Kyle Stjerne told the Times.
Officers recovered the scissors and arrested Valdez.
Police say the man was treated at a hospital for injuries and released.
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The Viagra wasn't working so she tried to retrieve it.
Lady, ever hear of a "divorce"?
You don't need to go around maiming people.
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Ok, that's it; fellows we need some kinda toolbox invention to protect what's important to us...
This "toolbox" should be able to protect us from intetional and un-intentional harm...fully automatic, knife proof with anger radar and an alarm for impending doom...especially if caught cheatin....
Ya get this right and you get a Nobel peace prize...No BSin folks, too many close calls to take chances...also it should be truck mounted....or something for easy access....
Perhaps she just needed a bit of mayhem in her life. How sick is that trying to cut it off with scissors....not efficient but I suppose the most bang for your buck if you are going for prolonged agony. She is a very bad wife.
"which police say resembled poultry shears."
Maybe she taught he was the chicken.
You don't know what she had to put up with prior to her trying to even things out. It's possible her actions were entirely justified.
mozzie...I don't know if cutting off a man's penis can ever be justified....There are many crimes against women that could never be justified. Shouldn't we, as a polite society, at least pretend to be reasonable between the sexes when a crime has been committed?
I stand by my statement....a good wife, husband or partner would not participate in genital mutilation of their spouse...
tontosh, I think she thouhgt he was chocking the chicken! She was just trying to help him!
This is terrible. If there were any mitigating circumstances, the cops would have arrested the guy.
The charge is wrong...Should be "Assault On a Friendly Weapon"...
WAS the last name CAIN ????????????????????
Nothing but JOKES when a man is injured...
Right Mozzie...Remember that the next time you hear about a woman getting raped or abused....
"It's possible his actions were entirely justified"
mozzie-600
So if a wife torments her husband, is he allowed to sever a body part of hers?
What did he do to piss her off ? Or was it she wanted to be pissed on.
Umm, her actions were never entirely justified. That is just a bad excuse. Divorce is justified. Criminal acts are not. You may be able to argue some sort of insanity for somebody doing something like this, but in no way is trying to cut somebody's body part off justifiable. With that said, I am 100% sure she will use that defense at trial no matter if it is true or not.
I wonder if she was talking to Lorena Bobbit on Facebook when she decided this was the right action to take.
These Bobbit chicks need to trade in their husbands for a man-in-the-box. That way, everybody's happy.
People have already said it, but it bears repeating:
Mozzie, there is never any justification for genital mutilation, regardless of sex. For you to have even typed that is concerning. "Entirely justified"? I think not...
She wanted him to leave it at home when he went out with the boys...Honey can I take it this time, the boys are bringing theirs.
This is one trend we need to nip in the bud!
Oh, wait...
Now it's time for 1 minute inside a woman's head:
You know those radio show hosts have a lot of nerve calling "all women" crazy. I don't think I'm crazy. I've been happily married for 32 yrs since we met at that office party. It was fun working there. I got to make copies on the copy machine. That doesn't make me crazy does it? Was I crazy when I ordered flowers to myself so that my coworkers had to ask who the new man was? I've always wondered why he didn't ask me to marry him sooner when we worked together all that time? Was he involved with someone else? I'll bet it was that bitch on the 3rd floor Sally! I hated her. I ran into her the other day and she has 3 great kids. Why don't I have kids? My husband sucks at his job. Where is that POS and his prick? I'm gonna cut it off.....But I'm not crazy.
And that is 1 minute inside a womans head.
A mother and 6y/o daughter are driving behind Loreana Bobbit. Suddenly, an object flys from Ms. Bobbits car and smacks on the windshield of the mother and daughters car. The mother realizing what is was, ignores it, but the daughter asks "Mommy, what was THAT"? The mother, thinking quickly says "Oh,honey...that was a bug. Just a dumb old bug". Daughter "A bug huh?...wow...he sure had a big $%#@"!!!
"The couple has been married for 32 years."
Priceless.
For a minute I thought this MIGHT be related to Herman Cain!!
Apparently he's not the only one having trouble keeping his pants on!
Was there even a statement of the intent behind her actions? I believe not.
No statement of intent, but considering the focus of the attack there aren't a whole lot of options. Either she caught him cheating (or thinks he was) or he's been raping her for years.
I thought it was an old news clip from the Clinton Administration !
MM,
I didn't notice that her name was Hillary, or Monica! -lol
Herman Cain fooling around, Cost: One election. Cutting off your partners willy, Cost: Priceless.
Enough: Or, it could be the wife has developed some form of dementia/Alzheimers/etc. My ex-husbnd's grandmother went completely bonkers and tried to kill her husband cuz she thought he was someone else. Turned out she'd had a series of mini-strokes and then.... Lost it. Total dementia. These folks are older - it's something that'll have to be looked into.
She probably wouldn't have focused her attack on his winkie if it wasn't the perceived source of the 'abuse', even if she did have dementia/Alzheimer's.
Sounds like making up any reason for her actions is good for you. I might need a lawyer like you if I ever have to go to court.
^this post is made of win.
indeed david indeed, but it seems to have worked itself out.
he was caught with a few girls behind her back so she said let me just get rid of the flute. if there is no flute, there can be no music...
Tough playing a flute in the grand canyon
@scir01onYouTube: There's nothing in this article saying he was cheating. There's nothing hinting at a reason or motive from the womans point of view. For all we know, she could've been sleep-walking; doubtful but possible.
Quit putting your own personal experiences into this.
DIVORCE
Jail.
Goddamn
Herman Cain finally had that 'sit down' with his wife, eh?
rotflmao...that's priceless!
Hell hath no fury like a woman with poultry shears.
Maybe she suffers from penis envy. (sic)
If she wasn't happy at home all she needed to do was inject it with a solution of fix a flat....there is a gal/guy in Florida who can hook her up.
A scissors? My goodness.....
This woman needs to be locked under the jail.
If the appendage thing were reversed, and a man wanted to cut off a woman's 'member', women's groups would be screaming for the man's neck...
no doubt.
I think I read that certain tribes in Africa do castrate women's clitorises, if they exhibit... either orgasm ability or too much lust or something. The tribe considers such women to be evil.. so they cut off these women's clitorises so as to decrease their libido.
Sonya...I think you will find a whole lot of men who would gladly protest this woman's actions...and would do an adequate job if placed on the jury...My guess is the woman will accept a plea deal, further denying men any satisfaction.
Ladies.
If you are going to cut the junk off, please, for the love of god, find a really sharp knife and be young enough to take it off in one swoop.
My scientific expertise state it would take a 69 year old woman approximately 19 mins to cut a man junk off with a scissors, that just ain't right.
HARRY- those are called Muslims. Can't have the women enjoying themselves.
You're right, Harry. They do sexually permanently maim women in Africa, and yet, on the flip side, there are still tribes who believe that having sex with a virgin will cure all sorts of venereal diseases...how's that for sensible? And no, until we've heard exactly WHY this woman attacked her husband, we shouldn't be jumping to conclusions.
At least it didn't find a home in the snow bank:( Remember?
What your saying is True!
I think it is thought that a man is always stronger than a woman, therefore he should be able to fight her off.These commenter's are basically calling him a suck or weakling in a humorous way!
I do think all these people do realize the serious side of this, they are just adding some humor:).
Why?
That thing has gotten me in more trouble over the years! I have to spank it at least twice a week just for GP. You see if she had just spanked it she would never have had the urge to cut it off. An unspanked Penis will rise up and seek out it's own source of crime and punishment.
lol! I just spit coffee all over my keyboard!
And best post of the board goes to Gnostical Prognosticator at comment #13. Who ever said that was an unlucky number?
Good show.
She might try a better pair of shears next time.He must be thankful!!!!!
you mean like the "Ronco Bobbitizer"?
Exactly, Got that much of a beef, get a divorce already! Maybe she just got tired of sex, and figured he should give it up also.
Either way, get a grip!
She was trying to get a grip but lucky enough for him it wasn't tight enough and one eyed snake survived!
Why was she released; to go home and finish the job?
I'll never understand in a million years how people can be brought to such a state of mind....men and women.
I've been in a relationship for 15 years, and it's had it's share of ups and downs (some really down) and never once have I ever even considered harming my partner in any way shape or form.
In my eyes, it's a complete lack of maturity and self control.
Rob...
I think you can throw in a dose of criminal intent to your statement....
Fortunately, most marriages and partnerships are mayhem free. What strikes me odd is...
I would have thought she would be a bit bigger risk then to allow her to walk among us...scissors are far to easy to obtain...even for crazy people.
Psycho woman!!
was that Hermie Cain's wife?
I bet he stays awake at night or sleeps in a boxers cup.
This has been another "Good Idea / Bad Idea".
yea...but mostly bad...she should have taken another day to think about it.
Now she'll have several years to think about it.
Hopefullyremorseful years...Although I don't see any jury giving her much time given her age....
She should've worn her glasses!!!!
I wonder what the heck he did to make her so mad and want to cut it off, there is a lot more to this story, i hope we get to hear what happens in court and the explanation of why.
I'm wondering that myself. My guess is there was another [younger] woman involved. This reminds me of the Lorena Bobbit case, but these are not young people here.. the man is 62 years old, the woman is 69. Maybe part of it is that the man lost sexual interest in the older angry woman.
Diana-1091347, are you intimating that there actually IS a ligitimate reason for snipping off a man's penis?
lol Harry,
So, what do you think she was saying to herself then? Something like, "Fine if you wont give it to me, then I will cut it off and use it myself?" -lol I also think this is very wrong (but then I'm a man too, so this story sends chills down my spine!) This is the 3rd time now I have seen this sort of thing happen. Lorena, That woman in Florida that threw the member out the window and now this one. Honestly, this is starting to make a strong case for separate bed rooms with dead bolts on the door, just so you can sleep safely anymore!
Men at 62 are still horny and wanting sex, it's called Viagra. Maybe the sex he was seeking wasn't with her though, or he was trying to have sex yet again and she didn't want it, but trust me, some men at that age still want sex.
I saw this headline and just knew that Herman Cain's wife had tried to turn him from a Rooster to a Hen only to find she is still waiting for Herman to close his other eye when he sleeps. There will always be cases like this as long as men think with the wrong head. I see where the police were sympathetic to this woman. She has been released on bail so she can go home and do the job right the next time.
It is difficult for us mere mortals to run with sages such as yourself. I have read/re-read the article several times and could not find any mention of wrong doing by the husband.
And, by the way, the courts determine if bail release is appropriate, and, if so, then set bail. Sorry, but this is one that you cannot lay at the feet of the police.
Irrespective of the aforementioned, my money says that she will be in Mexico in very short order!
I picture this as Zaazaa Gabour and hubby!
She is probably a dementia case.
Could Alzheimer be a defense...
Hah, my wife can't cut off my penis because I keep the chainsaw under lock and key!!!
Ouch. Now that would be a really big mess I'd say. An idea to incorporate into a new horror movie? Sex, violence and gore all simultaneously. Actually, a chainsaw is too big and bulky to do the job. I think the ideal tool might be a cigar cutter. ugh I'm getting repulsed just thinking about it.
Fair enough but efficiency didn't seem to be the plan here....do you know where your tree limb loppers are?
Why cut it off? Just super glue it to his leg. He can still go potty, down his leg, but hey, you didn't commit any assult or make a bloody mess. But yes, I also would like to know the full story.
SallyAnn....but then she would have to clean up the potty when he was home....Now an interesting twist on this would be to coat it in meat juice and let some hungry rats out on his lap....now that would be some mayhem. Sorry guys just had to throw that out there.
Sally,
sorry, but I have some bad news for you sunshine! Super glue a body part with the intent to get even. That is still Assault! Just thought I would remind you, in case you had some new ideas on how to get back at someone. Divorce would have been the right choice here I am guessing.
Kedrid, not really, it depends on how it was done. It doesn't take much glue to achieve the results. But until the whole story is told, the speculation is funny. And sometimes divorce maynot be the right choice, look at that congressman in IL who owes $117,000.00 in back child support. Is that fair to the children, let alone to the ex wife?
Geez, you gals have got me worried now with all the ideas for retribution before it's even happened.
Now Mr. Johnson is too afraid to even stick his head out for fear of what might happen.
Hartvig....not to worry...this sort of action is like grounding the kids to the house....seems like a good idea until you realize that you are only punishing yourself.
This is a disgusting act of criminal behaviour. You have a beef with your husband? That's what divorce is for.