Police: Woman threw three puppies at boyfriend who allegedly broke her nose

FRIDLEY, Minn. – An Anoka County, Minn., woman was jailed Thursday after throwing three 1-week-old pit bulls at her boyfriend, who allegedly broke her nose, police told the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

The man, David Peter Remme, 25, was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault; the woman, Gabrielle Tywon Allen, 20, of Sping Lake Park, was held on possible charges of animal cruelty, the newspaper said. Both were in the Anoka County Jail on Thursday.


Fridley police said the two argued in a parking lot outside an apartment building early Thursday. Allen allegedly hurled the three newborn puppies, which were huddled on the front seat of a pickup truck, at Remme after he punched her in the face, police said.

The pups landed on the concrete and appeared to be uninjured, police said.

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Throw bricks at him, not puppies

  • 80 votes
#1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:12 PM EDT

I vote for cinderblocks!

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#1.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:35 PM EDT

I vote for the mother of the puppies.

  • 36 votes
#1.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:39 PM EDT

Put the two in a cell together.

  • 42 votes
#1.3 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:50 PM EDT

They're made for each other. romeo and juliet of the trailer park.

  • 68 votes
#1.4 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:57 PM EDT

I'm with Denise-3321205, dump him like yesterday's trash.

  • 12 votes
#1.5 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:57 PM EDT

I hope the mother dog went after her. She's a terrible person.

  • 41 votes
#1.6 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:58 PM EDT

Only a sick man hits a woman and a sicker woman throws puppies. Made for each other.

  • 106 votes
#1.7 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:59 PM EDT

Amen! Talk about Dumb & Dumber!!!! No wonder Pitbulls get such a bad rap. It's not the dogs, it's many of the idiots who have them. The way this world is, people should have to get a license to have children AND dogs. Put these 2 dirtbags in a cell together, and take these precious puppies away so they can have a loving home. And if I could, give me 5 minutes with a large blunt object and put me in the cell with these mental rejects. I'd show them what throwing was all about. Some people just need to be picked off by a sniper@!

  • 24 votes
#1.8 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:22 PM EDT
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Hell lucky they did not use the STAND YOUR GROUND law and shot each other, got to love the MORONS that came up with that stupid law ..... Well maybe shooting someone that threw puppies was justified ..

  • 11 votes
#1.9 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:25 PM EDT

I'm with Denise-3321205, dump him like yesterday's trash.

She is more trash than he is. At least she can swing back. One week old puppies can't.

She can get a restraining order. Yet she chose to hurl puppies at him. Real classy.

Two peas in a pod these two are. Don't worry, she will go back to loving him the next day, if not later that evening.

  • 36 votes
#1.10 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:35 PM EDT

Somehow, I doubt week-old puppies make very effective thrown weapons.

  • 10 votes
#1.11 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:56 PM EDT

Throw bricks at both of these idiots and then throw away the keys to those cells they are sitting in ...

  • 11 votes
#1.12 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:04 PM EDT

These two seem to deserve each other.

  • 12 votes
#1.13 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:11 PM EDT

Those two belong together but remove the animals from them. 'Possible charges of animal cruelty'? What's possible about that, she threw one week old puppies at him. What ridiculous pathetic people they both are.

  • 17 votes
#1.14 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:35 PM EDT

Get those animals away from that trash. The two of them can punch each other out as far as I'm concerned but what was done to those babies is unforgivable.

  • 10 votes
#1.15 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:20 PM EDT

Duct tape their heads together and force them to live like that for a week.

  • 5 votes
#1.16 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:22 PM EDT

No wonder he broke her nose. She was doggin' him.

  • 3 votes
#1.17 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:33 PM EDT

perfect example of the idiots that want to raise pit bulls

  • 1 vote
#1.18 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:48 PM EDT

Another attack by pit bulls?

  • 1 vote
#1.19 - Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:38 AM EDT
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There are so many things wrong with this whole scene that I don't even know where to begin. Pitbulls with people who can't control themselves (so doubtless can't control the dogs), week old puppies in the front seat of a vehicle, week old puppies away from the mother, puppies thrown onto concrete (landed?! Give me a break!), "possible" charges of animal cruelty...

Anyone care to make a guess that they get the dogs back? Oh and before anyone says anything I have nothing against pitbulls, I have a lot against anyone with large dogs and definite impulse control issues.

  • 58 votes
Reply#2 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:30 PM EDT

Well, I guess the couple really deserves each other.

  • 8 votes
#2.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:43 PM EDT

But the puppies deserve better.

  • 42 votes
#2.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:58 PM EDT

Well maybe they did not want an ankle bitter, I mean really why waste the dog food ....

  • 2 votes
#2.3 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:28 PM EDT

Agreed. Too much wrong with these people. They don't deserve pets.

  • 8 votes
#2.4 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:12 PM EDT

Pit bulls are beautiful dogs that need a strong owner to train and raise them correctly, not some wishy washy fool of an owner who can't even control her own impulses. The very sad thing is, if any of these dogs are allowed to stay in her care, I have no doubt her inability to be a good owner will cause misfortune down the road for the animals and will do nothing to improve the Pit bull image.

  • 10 votes
#2.5 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:37 PM EDT

I have a pitbull and he's the best dog I've ever owned. The thing that people don't tell new pet owners is pitbulls need training and lots of exercise, they are not dogs that do well left on their own. Also you need to show them your boss through training and positive reinforcement. Another thing to mention is never hit your pit or keep him locked up on a leach or chain for days because those are the tops reasons they go violent. If you train a pitbull and keep up on their training, they are best dog you can ever own, they are such lovers and people pleasers.

  • 1 vote
#2.6 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:25 PM EDT

Well rick 34689657888WTFever, maybe YOUR parents didnt want a crumb-snatcher, but they wasted the people food on you didnt they!!?

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#2.7 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:58 PM EDT

So, did they arrest him for battery? If not, why not?

    #2.8 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:57 PM EDT

    The puppies were uninjured. She must throw like a girl.

      #2.9 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:25 PM EDT

      escientist -

      "third-degree assault"

        #2.10 - Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:04 AM EDT
        Reply

        Hmm. Not the article I expected after reading the headline. Oh well.

        If the puppies bounced off the BF should he get charged like in basketball? :)

        Yes I am joking - about all of it but I do agree with Denise.

        • 2 votes
        Reply#3 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:33 PM EDT

        And now, the banjo solo: Baddadingdingdingdingdingdingding.....

        • 12 votes
        Reply#4 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:35 PM EDT

        Everything about this story reeks of stupid rednecks doing stupid redneck sh*t. Lock 'em both up.

        • 24 votes
        Reply#5 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:36 PM EDT

        Rednecks sighted in Minnesota? Now that's a headline.

        • 12 votes
        #5.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:50 PM EDT

        If you use puppies as a weapon.............you might be a redneck.

        • 18 votes
        #5.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:00 PM EDT

        Hey don't give rednecks a bad name they take good care of their dawgs

        • 11 votes
        #5.3 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:15 PM EDT

        "If you use puppies as a weapon..."

        Oh great, now folks will be coming out of the woodwork to enact federal puppy control regulations. If someone carries a dog in one of those little dog-purse things, they'll need to get a concealed weapons permit.

        ;-)

        • 6 votes
        #5.4 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:00 PM EDT

        Rednecks sighted in Minnesota? Now that's a headline.

        Rednecks can be found anywhere. It's a mindset, not a geographical thing. And modern rednecks have nothing to be proud of. They stole the significance of the term redneck and apply the moniker to people who don't deserve it.

          #5.5 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:13 PM EDT

          Gives rednecks a bad name, most rednecks like their dogs better than their wimmens! besides, their dogs is probaly smarter, better-lookin, cleaner and smell better than their wimmens

          • 1 vote
          #5.6 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:00 PM EDT

          Dawgs, wimmens....

          LOL! good ones.

            #5.7 - Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:27 AM EDT
            Reply

            Add this to the list of reasons why I avoid the northern suburbs of Minneapolis like the plague.

              Reply#6 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:37 PM EDT

              a classy couple eh? If what they say is true - "like owner like dog" These dogs will make news at leats one more time in our lifetime for biting someones head off.

              • 2 votes
              Reply#7 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:40 PM EDT

              Obviously both of these people are class acts.

              • 7 votes
              Reply#8 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:42 PM EDT

              Not.

                #8.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:12 PM EDT
                Reply

                Who let the dogs out!

                • 3 votes
                Reply#9 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:51 PM EDT

                Why was he only "arrested on suspicion of third degree assault"?

                • 3 votes
                Reply#11 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:54 PM EDT

                He said she said probably. Arrest him let them calm down and a detective will investigate but she will probably drop the charges before that.

                • 4 votes
                #11.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:02 PM EDT

                The cops probably had a hard time controlling the urge to punch her in the face so they gave him a lesser charge.

                • 6 votes
                #11.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:03 PM EDT
                Reply

                The only living creatures I care about in this scenario are the puppies.

                Save them, and sh....tcan the 2 idiot humans.

                • 25 votes
                Reply#12 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:55 PM EDT

                Domestic dispute... pitbull puppies... no mention of a southern cross flag, trailer house or dually pickup but they're redneck sounding enough!

                • 3 votes
                Reply#13 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:56 PM EDT

                Truesaid,you sound like a redneck yourself if you don't know the difference between a "southern cross flag" and a Confederate Battle Flag. A "southern cross flag" just so happens to be the national flag of Australia. Google it,idiot.

                  #13.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:53 PM EDT

                  Hmm maybe i don't know then... nor really give a @!$%#. But do you know what a one finger salute is? If not Google it yourself bitch- one big one comin' right at you!

                  • 1 vote
                  #13.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:36 PM EDT
                  Reply

                  Coming to a trailer park near you!

                  • 3 votes
                  Reply#14 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:56 PM EDT

                  A-holes-both should be charged - this world is f---- U- , time for God to start all over

                  • 7 votes
                  Reply#15 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:57 PM EDT

                  Better than starting over, cancel the project as a faulty concept.

                    #15.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:55 PM EDT

                    He is already charged, and they are considering charges against her.

                      #15.2 - Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:06 AM EDT
                      Reply

                      Did anyone else think of the Steve Martin movie The Jerk.

                      Navin R. Johnson: Good Lord - I've heard about this - cat juggling! Stop! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Good. Father, could there be a God that would let this happen?

                      • 4 votes
                      Reply#16 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:57 PM EDT

                      "All I need is this chair, my thermos, my dog.... GRRR... ok not my dog, AND THAT"S ALL I NEED".

                      • 1 vote
                      #16.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:33 PM EDT

                      LOL!!! Steve Martin was a hoot. Haven't thought of that movie in forever. Thanks, I needed that.

                        #16.2 - Mon Apr 2, 2012 4:51 PM EDT
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                        Why is it that some of you think that only "rednecks" act like this? It makes me sick that you will maim a person's character based on your presumption of where someone may live.... Leave it alone with the redneck comments. Even rich people have issues with domestic violence both men and women. Domestic Violence is not just found in poor communities, uneducated communities, or christians, it is found in all walks of life, from the rich and influential to the low income.... Domestic violence is not just physical, it is verbal, mental, emotional, and financial. Wake up world.. However, the woman should not have taken her anger on the puppies. This was just cruel.

                        • 11 votes
                        Reply#17 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:58 PM EDT

                        @MELPORT---uh, maim their character? Um, they were in public fighting, he punched her in the face and broke her nose, she threw puppies at him....how is somebody calling them redneck maiming their character?

                        • 9 votes
                        #17.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:04 PM EDT

                        But rich rednecks don't throw pit bull puppies at each other............they throw "King Charles Cavaliers" (an expensive spaniel).

                        • 7 votes
                        #17.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:06 PM EDT

                        File under "People who should't own pit bulls" they are both inappropriate pet parents

                        • 2 votes
                        #17.3 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:17 PM EDT

                        @dr. girlfriend- I think that MEL PORT was pointing out that those puppy-throwing flakes were being referred to as rednecks, thus maiming the redneck image/character being lumped together with such actions. I'll be honest, the 'rednecks' I know don't live in apartment buildings like the article describes. Far from it. Rednecks are also more honorable than 'white-trash' folks. The puppy-chuckers are clearly white-trash. 'Redneck's'-good ... 'white-trash'-bad. I hope I successfully cleared up this misunderstanding.

                        • 2 votes
                        #17.4 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:26 PM EDT

                        Re Myyst:

                        File this under people who should NEVER be allowed to procreate.

                        • 5 votes
                        #17.5 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:04 PM EDT

                        MelPort,

                        "Domestic Violence is not just found in poor communities, uneducated communities, or christians, it is found in all walks of life, from the rich and influential to the low income"

                        Christians and domestic violence? What bible have you read? Are you saying statistics show that Christians as a group are among those who commit the most domestic violence? Domestic violence IS found in every walk of life, but making blanket statements like this is patently unfair and grossly inaccurate.

                        And the couple in question is a mixed race couple. She is black, he is white. I expect to hear from Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson at any moment on how this woman was so traumatized by her "white" abuser that the only weapon this poor woman had available (gasp, sob, sob) was the defenseless puppies in her car.

                        • 1 vote
                        #17.6 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:28 PM EDT

                        MelPort

                        They were in Anoka County; if your'e not familiar with Minnesota, that is redneck country! But to be honest with you, I think they are probably just trailer trash

                          #17.7 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:22 PM EDT

                          Michele Bachmann's district, I believe.

                          • 3 votes
                          #17.8 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:38 PM EDT

                          and you think these two are capable of raising PIT BULLS to be good dogs? They can't even control themselves let alone a breed that is known for its aggressiveness. I hope animal control takes these puppies away from from them.

                          • 2 votes
                          #17.9 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:53 PM EDT

                          MELPORT...PUH-LEEESE pull that corn cob out of your back end. You're starting to sound shrill again...

                            #17.10 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:42 PM EDT

                            King Charles Cavaliers? I'm glad you pointed out they were a breed of dog. I thought they were a really,really old model of Chevrolet. (Only redneck motorheads will proably get this reference.)

                              #17.11 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:00 PM EDT

                              RE: Abby, you took the words right out of my mouth. Can't imagine how they would treat children.

                                #17.12 - Mon Apr 2, 2012 4:56 PM EDT
                                Reply

                                White trailer trash. Scum bags.

                                • 4 votes
                                Reply#18 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:59 PM EDT

                                She's African-American.

                                  #18.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:11 PM EDT

                                  They are not white trailer trash but black trailer trash.

                                  • 1 vote
                                  #18.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:11 PM EDT

                                  Woman's middle name was Tywon. That doesn't sound redneck to me......just sayin'.

                                    #18.3 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:18 PM EDT

                                    Forget the white and black labels. They are trash, idiotic trash. And that comes in all shapes, sizes and colors!

                                    • 3 votes
                                    #18.4 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:08 PM EDT
                                    Reply

                                    Okay, hmm... pit bulls... broken noses... a pickup truck. I'm sure a wife beater T-shirt, a tube top and matching barbwire arm tattoo's were somehow left out of this story. So sad, so sad. Seriously though, it's chicken-"crap" that innocent bystander puppies are thrown during a white-trash fight, likely over who forgot to buy the last pack of cigarettes on the way back from cashing their welfare checks.

                                    • 4 votes
                                    Reply#19 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:59 PM EDT

                                    This woman deserved a good slap along with her husband.

                                    • 3 votes
                                    Reply#20 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:00 PM EDT

                                    They both need anger management courses. Getting angry is fine. Reacting to it, is not. Contain yourself or society will contain you in a cell.

                                    • 3 votes
                                    Reply#21 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:01 PM EDT

                                    She should have thrown kittens at him instead. Nobody gets emotionally attached to them.

                                    • 1 vote
                                    Reply#22 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:03 PM EDT

                                    Since she was in a fist fight with her boyfried she should have thrown boxer (puppies).

                                    • 2 votes
                                    #22.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:13 PM EDT

                                    Stop The Hypocrisy - I hope you get a cat to the face.

                                      #22.2 - Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:57 AM EDT
                                      Reply

                                      Normally I would care, but they're Pit bulls. Trailer trash people have trailer trash dogs.

                                      • 2 votes
                                      Reply#23 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:05 PM EDT

                                      Why slam a dog? Pit bulls can and are loving pets, as long as a person understands the breed and properly trains and cares for them. As are Akitas, Rottweilers, German shepherds and Doberman Pinchers --- all breeds that have or have had reputations as being vicious.

                                      • 7 votes
                                      #23.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:26 PM EDT

                                      Seriously?!? There's absolutely nothing wrong with pit bulls. Years ago, everyone was scared of German shepards, then dobermans, then rottweilers, now it's pits. It's not the dog, it's the @-hole people who train them to fight. Stop the hysteria. These are living creatures that deserve to be treated kindly.

                                      • 5 votes
                                      #23.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:03 PM EDT

                                      These are EXACTLY the kind of trash that give pit bulls a bad name. Poor dogs.

                                      • 3 votes
                                      #23.3 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:21 PM EDT

                                      Pitbulls are just as good as any other breed of dog, it depends on how they are raised, JUST LIKE PEOPLE!!!

                                      • 2 votes
                                      #23.4 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:09 PM EDT
                                      Reply

                                      Stupid bitch! Leave the puppies alone and kick him in the balls!

                                        Reply#24 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:05 PM EDT

                                        Whoa, man!!! She just DOGGED you!!!

                                          Reply#25 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:05 PM EDT

                                          NICE!

                                            #25.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:42 PM EDT
                                            Reply

                                            Isn't love wonderful!!!

                                              Reply#26 - Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:06 PM EDT
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