A Crestview couple was arrested early this morning after the wife hit her husband in the back of the head with a burrito during an argument over his alcohol consumption. The husband responded by stabbing his wife in the hand with a fork. The fork’s four tines were so deeply embedded they had to be removed by staff at North Okaloosa Medical Center.

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the Hare Street home of 51-year old Suzanne Hurlvert and 66-year old Carl Owen Smith shortly before midnight after getting reports of a disturbance. They say Hurlvert was relatively calm and in good spirits but had a fork protruding from her right hand.

She told deputies she and Smith got into an argument about his desire to go out to the bar to drink every night. During the argument, she hit him in the back of the head with her half-eaten Taco Bell Burrito Supreme. She said Smith then stabbed her hand with a fork he was using to eat a Taco Bell pizza and left their home. Portions of the burrito were located on the floor, scattered on the sofa, and on a lamp shade.

An OCSO deputy located Smith at a Crestview bar. Smith initially said he threw the fork at Hurlvert but did not stab her. When the deputy showed Smith a photograph of Hurlvert’s hand with the embedded fork, he says Smith began laughing and reported a lengthy historic of domestic violence between the pair. Both now face felony charges. Smith is charged with Aggravated Battery – domestic violence related. Hurlvert is charged with domestic violence related battery, second or subsequent offense.