A freshly popped bag of microwave popcorn sits on a table March 12, 2004 in New York City. The Environmental Protection Agency is studying the chemicals released when a bag of microwave popcorn is popped or opened. Exposure to vapors from butter flavoring used in microwave popcorn has been linked to a rare lung disease contracted by factory workers in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police in the south metro say that in the last week a woman was arrested for domestic assault following an argument over burned popcorn.
According to a weekly newsletter from Chaska police, the arrest followed an argument between a drunk man and a woman after the woman had allegedly burned some popcorn.
Police say the woman hit the man several times and threw things at him.
Officers were called to the home, and they arrested the woman.
She has since been charged with domestic assault, the newsletter said.
Her name was not given.
