Thursday, May 20, 2004
Bible Argument Spurs Boiling-Oil Charge
Posted on Thu, May. 20, 2004
Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. - A woman is accused of pouring boiling oil on her
boyfriend's face in an argument over a Bible verse.
Angela S. Morris, 19, was charged with domestic violence assault and
jailed on $250,000 bail. Her 31-year-old boyfriend, whose name was not
released, was hospitalized with severe burns on his face, neck and chest.
The two were reading the Bible at the boyfriend's apartment May 13 when
Morris went to the kitchen to prepare french fries, police said.
Morris told police that they continued to argue and that her boyfriend
grabbed her from behind. Police said he then went to his bedroom to lie
down. Morris followed and threw the oil on him, police said.
Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. - A woman is accused of pouring boiling oil on her
boyfriend's face in an argument over a Bible verse.
Angela S. Morris, 19, was charged with domestic violence assault and
jailed on $250,000 bail. Her 31-year-old boyfriend, whose name was not
released, was hospitalized with severe burns on his face, neck and chest.
The two were reading the Bible at the boyfriend's apartment May 13 when
Morris went to the kitchen to prepare french fries, police said.
Morris told police that they continued to argue and that her boyfriend
grabbed her from behind. Police said he then went to his bedroom to lie
down. Morris followed and threw the oil on him, police said.
