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Cops: Man holds mom hostage because she won't iron his clothes
ajc.com ^ | 6-7-10 | Alexis Stevens

Posted on 07/07/2010 1:40:31 PM PDT by rawhide

A 29-year-old Villa Rica man apparently expected his mother to iron his clothes for him. And when she wouldn't, he pulled a gun and held her hostage for several hours, police said.

Robert Edward Tyrrell Jr. remained in jail Wednesday without bond, Sgt. Marc Griffith with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office told the AJC. Tyrell faces aggravated assault and false imprisonment following the June 30 incident, Griffith said.

"He wanted her to do some ironing, and when she said ‘no,' they got into an argument," Griffith said. "He told her ‘ironing is woman's work.' "

Tyrell, who lives with his parents, then pulled out a gun and took his 51-year-old mother's keys and cellphones, Griffith said. The man refused to let the woman leave for at least six hours, investigators said.

“Mama finally said, ‘I’m not ironing your clothes,' and he went cuckoo on her," Griffith said.

The woman was later able to get out of the home and drive to a police station to report the incident, and deputies were dispatched to the home. Eventually, Tyrrell surrendered without incident, Griffith said.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iron; ironing

1 posted on 07/07/2010 1:40:35 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide

He can learn to iron clothes in prison.


2 posted on 07/07/2010 1:43:34 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (DeMint 2012)
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To: rawhide

“YOU DIDN’T USE STARCH?!” blam, blam, blam


3 posted on 07/07/2010 1:43:50 PM PDT by albie
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To: rawhide

Wonder what his screen name is over on DU.


4 posted on 07/07/2010 1:44:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: rawhide
Well, there's a new wrinkle.
5 posted on 07/07/2010 1:46:28 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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To: rawhide

You mean he's still single??? What a catch!! /s

6 posted on 07/07/2010 1:48:08 PM PDT by MissTed (Never buy products from ACME.)
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To: albie

This is such a difficult case...he is right about ironing...


7 posted on 07/07/2010 1:50:13 PM PDT by Nabber
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To: rawhide

8 posted on 07/07/2010 1:50:13 PM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: rawhide

This fool needs to get married.

Then his WIFE can iron his clothers for him.

Problem solved.


9 posted on 07/07/2010 1:50:41 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
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To: MissTed

Have you ever noticed that you can see intelligence in someone’s eyes only of there is some?


10 posted on 07/07/2010 1:52:39 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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To: rawhide
51 year old mom = "baby boomer"

29 year old son = "Generation X"

Looks like we have a topic for the Generation X ping list and a nice discussion of how heroic Generation Xers are being oppressed by evil boomers. The lad deserves service from his tyrannical mom for forcing him to grow up under the rigors of playing primitive video games.

11 posted on 07/07/2010 1:52:45 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: MissTed

Have you ever noticed that you can see intelligence in someone’s eyes only if there is some?


12 posted on 07/07/2010 1:53:14 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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To: rawhide

Prime example of someone who needed a good but whooping as a kid. He needs a woman to slap him up side his head a few good times. . .


13 posted on 07/07/2010 1:57:09 PM PDT by exbrit
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To: rawhide

“Griffith said. “He told her ‘ironing is woman’s work.’ “

Guess he should buy man made fabric! I love Polly Ester myself!!


14 posted on 07/07/2010 1:57:39 PM PDT by ZULU
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To: rawhide

Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother...

It is not optional

Honor thy father and thy mother:
that thy days may be long upon the land
which the LORD thy God giveth thee,

Exodus 20:12.


15 posted on 07/07/2010 1:58:17 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: Artemis Webb
He can learn to iron clothes in prison.

He can learn what a woman's role is too. lol

16 posted on 07/07/2010 1:59:36 PM PDT by TigersEye (Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
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To: exbrit

My daughter brings over pastries with her ironing. It’s all in the approach.


17 posted on 07/07/2010 2:01:02 PM PDT by ScoopAmma (We are led by the Resident -in Chief; aka part-time member of Webelo Troop 44)
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To: rawhide

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?????

Who the heck does this reject think he is?
Crud...no wonder Obama got elected!


18 posted on 07/07/2010 2:01:44 PM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: All

Bush’s fault.


19 posted on 07/07/2010 2:06:12 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: All

Bush’s fault.


20 posted on 07/07/2010 2:06:12 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: All

Bush’s fault.


21 posted on 07/07/2010 2:06:28 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: ScoopAmma

Smart and sly daughter! Maybe you need to ask for a raise, like a Starbucks along with the pastries? (smile)


22 posted on 07/07/2010 2:10:03 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide

My questions: Will Mom iron his clothes for his court date? Does he have a non-violent backup plan in case she refuses to do the women’s work again? At least he won’t have to iron in prison - if he can avoid a job in the prison laundry.


23 posted on 07/07/2010 2:17:26 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: rawhide
Hate to tell "mommy and daddy" but they should have set this "kid" packing long ago.

Another note to "mommy," this idiot didn't get these ideas last week or even last year. You should have trained this cretin to think that caring for himself, his laundry, ironing included, was HIS job about 15 years ago!

Presumably, "mommy" also been making his bed, picking up after him, including wiping his.....er, nose since he was 2.

It's high time to stop, not bothering to "drive to the police station to tell on him."

24 posted on 07/07/2010 2:18:16 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
29 year old son = "Generation X"

1981 is generally considered the last year of Gen X. So, this punk barely qualifies.

25 posted on 07/07/2010 2:35:07 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

lol - great point!


26 posted on 07/07/2010 2:38:07 PM PDT by MissTed (Never buy products from ACME.)
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To: rawhide

Hssn’t this turkey ever heard of permanent press?


27 posted on 07/07/2010 2:40:07 PM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: Responsibility2nd
This fool needs to get married. Then his WIFE can iron his clothes for him.

After 33 years you mean I can expect mine to start any day now? ;-)

28 posted on 07/07/2010 2:41:15 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (When all else fails one must, "Release the Kraken!")
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To: rawhide

LOL!

At a very young age, my mother purposely screwed up my dress shirts....no starch...scorch marks on the collar, etc..

I learned real fast how to iron.


29 posted on 07/07/2010 2:49:21 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: rawhide

First, iron your own damn stuff. It ain’t that hard.

Second, if you hold your mama hostage because she won’t iron your stuff, you are a bad guy.

Third, Emmett Tyrrell from the American Spectator called and wants you to change your name, for obvious reasons.


30 posted on 07/07/2010 2:58:09 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

I know, just having a little fun because of the periodic boomer-bashing. Most people of any generation are not the negative sterotype.


31 posted on 07/07/2010 2:58:51 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: DCPatriot

When my son was going to scout camp, I stitched his “panther” badge on upside-down. It looked like a dead cat!

He took over the badge stitching and became an Eagle Scout.


32 posted on 07/07/2010 3:06:39 PM PDT by credo 2
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