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| Insemination fight ends in wife's arrest |
| 2009-03-14 |
| A woman who allegedly intended to artificially inseminate her wife with her brother's semen has been charged with domestic assault and battery. I don't want to know how she got it. Pittsfield police responded to a call shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the city's Morningside neighborhood, where the assault allegedly occurred. Stephanie K. Lighten, 26, was released on personal recognizance after denying the allegations in Central Berkshire District Court Wednesday morning. Jennifer A. Lighten, 33, told police that Stephanie Lighten, her wife, was "all liquored up" there's a shock when she returned to their Lincoln Street apartment, where the defendant then allegedly tried to use a syringe to inseminate her, according to a police report. Jennifer told investigating officers that Stephanie "has been talking about trying to impregnate (her) for some time," police said. I'm just guessing here but do these two have 'issues'? According to a report by Pittsfield Police Officer Kipp D. Steinman: "Jennifer said that Stephanie had a 'turkey baster and her brother's semen in a sealed container.' Jennifer said she told Stephanie that she didn't want to get pregnant." The device was actually a large syringe with a catheter tip, police said, and it was still in its original package when officers confiscated the item. That's allegedly when Stephanie threw Jennifer on the couch, grabbed at her clothes and threatened to impregnate her, police said. Jennifer broke free, ran into the bathroom and locked the door. Stephanie "then broke the bathroom door down," police said, hurting her wrist in the process. When Stephanie went to retrieve an ice pack from the freezer, Jennifer bolted from the apartment and attempted to get away in the couple's sport utility vehicle, police said. Bet it was Lesbaru As Jennifer pulled away from the scene, Stephanie "jumped on the side of their vehicle, swung the door open and made (Jennifer) stop," Steinman said. According to Officer John Bassi, a witness at the scene claimed Stephanie "was hanging on the SUV door handle, trying to get into the car." Amber Hunt told Bassi that Stephanie nearly caused an accident when the vehicle narrowly missed hitting a tree in the front yard of Hunt's Spring Street home. Police arrested Stephanie Lighten near the intersection of Spring and Curtis streets in Morningside. Police also confiscated the container of semen and some aluminum foil, which was originally used to hold the semen. Nicholas Lighten, Stephanie Lighten's brother, was the donor, according to police. Detective Thomas H. Harrington said Jennifer Lighten declined "to go forward with charges of assault with intent to rape" because she did not believe "Stephanie was going to sexually assault her with the syringe." However, Harrington informed the alleged victim that attempted rape charges could be filed if she changes her mind. Stephanie Lighten was represented by attorney Thomas J. Donahue Jr. at Wednesday's arraignment. Judge Rita S. Koenigs ordered Lighten to "refrain from abuse" and to return to court for an April 29 pretrial hearing. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #7 True, P2k, though I once saw the cops take the mother to jail and leave the father with a ticket (for lack of a better word) to appear in court. Both had been drinking, both admitted hitting the other, there were small children in the apartment and no relatives nearby, and the cops didn't want to wait half the night for Child Abductive Services to show up. Dad was laid back and sitting quietly saying "yessir"; Mom was screaming and cussing. Not a difficult decision. I was just glad I wasn't doing the transporting.... :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-14 16:07 |
| #6 Isn't one the husband? They can't both be wives. Which puts law enforcement in a bind because they usually with great laziness perp walk the genetic male to the squad car without regard to who's really at fault. Must have required the sergeant or lieutenant to be called to the scene to actually use some intelligence outside a simple default decision matrix. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-03-14 15:39 |
| #5 After gay marriages come gay divorces. You know, the only gay divorce I want to hear about involves Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2009-03-14 13:09 |
| #4 Isn't one the husband? They can't both be wives. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-03-14 12:55 |
| #3 Even in clinical settings, first attempts at this sort of thing are rarely successful. I recommend they forego the baster, and after an appropriate warm up session with memberless middleman Stefanie, bring brother directly into the process to finish the task. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-14 12:35 |
| #2 She's my wife! No! She's my wife! |
| Posted by: KBK 2009-03-14 12:11 |
| #1 Another case of spousal abuse. Sigh! Better take the turkey baster into protective custody. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-03-14 11:14 |