Man accused of choking girlfriend with Wii controller

[GOPisEvil]

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2009/02/04/man_accused_of_choking_girlfri.html

An Austin man has been accused of trying to choke his girlfriend with the cord of a Wii video game controller after she became angry that he had eaten all of her Girl Scout cookies, according to an arrest affidavit.

Christina Alvarado told Austin police that she woke up her boyfriend, Daniel Alvarez, 21, Monday morning after discovering her cookies were gone, according to the affidavit.

Alvarez became upset that Alvarado woke him and began to yell at her, according to the affidavit. Alvarado told police that Alvarez got her into a choke hold that lasted several seconds before she was able to hit him in the eye to break free, according to the affidavit.

The two struggled until they ended up in the living room, where Alvarez grabbed a Wii controller, according to the affidavit. He put his knees on her chest to pin her down and strangled her with the cord of the video game controller, according to the affidavit.

Alvarado was able to free herself and call 911. Alvarez fled the home but was arrested soon after, according to the affidavit. Alvarado had a faint mark from a cord around her neck, shortness of breath, trouble speaking and was coughing when police arrived, the affidavit said.

Alvarez remained in the Travis County jail today with bail set at $40,000. He is facing second degree felony charges of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I think we all owe Jack Thompson an apology.

[Deja Q]

2. And to think people want to think **I** have issues?!

:wow:

I can't hold a candle nunchuck to those crackpots...

I mean, if I bought overpriced cookies sold by little con artists, I'd get angry if (my assumed) lover had scarfed them all down.

You know, if I, in 1996, had the balls, I'd have won awards for creative writing. Now these psycho weirdos are doing it all for real. x(

[rug]

3. This will be a Nintendo game within three weeks.

[Deja Q]

4. They should make one called "Choke the Chicken" and you put a rubber chicken over the wii controller

[struggle4progress]

5. Headline should read: "Domestic abuse associated with Girl Scout cookies"

Why blame the Wii?

[sniffa]

6. I'm surprised he had the strength to do that with his Wii arm

[DarkTirade]

7. That's just not very bright.

Everyone knows a regular corded controller would make a far better garotte than the short cord on a Wiimote.

... seriously though, that's a wee bit (*&%ed up. I can understand getting mad if they were thin mints, but even that wouldn't be enough to drive me to violence.

*edit* Oh, wait. He ate the cookies, and he was mad because she woke him up. Whoa. That's even more (*&%ed up. You choke somebody because they woke you up? I'm pretty grumpy in the morning too, but once again, nowhere near THAT level.

[KitchenWitch]

12. dude needs his coffee.

[surrealAmerican]

8. ... "with the cord of a Wii video game controller" ???

Wii controllers are cordless.

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. "Invisible game controller cord".

Not condoning violence in any way, just being silly to diminish its presence.

[DarkTirade]

15. There's a cord when the Wiimote has the nunchuk attachment thingy.

But it's not very long. Hence my comment about regular controllers making better garottes.

[bluesbassman]

9. What a Wiinii.

:)

[KitchenWitch]

10. DUzy worthy!

[bluesbassman]

14. Thanks KW.

:pals:

[KitchenWitch]

13. At least he did not beat her over the head with the Wii Fit Balance Board.

[Danger Mouse]

16. What a scumbag. Violence against women is never funny to me.