CRIME & COURTS

Woman arrested for throwing pickle jar at boyfriend

MacKenzie Elmer
melmer@dmreg.com

A Des Moines woman was arrested for allegedly throwing a pickle jar at her boyfriend's face.

Gina L. Simmons, 47, was arrested on a simple assault domestic abuse charge Wednesday night. Simmons' boyfriend told police that Simons was intoxicated and throwing things out of the refrigerator when he came home, according to a police report.

After he walked into the kitchen to ask what she was doing, Simmons threw a jar of pickles at his face and struck him in the lip, the report stated. Police noted swelling to the man's upper lip.

Simmons was throwing things around the apartment "trying to find eight dollars," the boyfriend told police. When police arrived, Simmons was lying in bed and told officials that her boyfriend had "hit her in the head."

Simmons had no visible injury and could not explain how her boyfriend allegedly hit her so she was transported to the Polk County Jail.