Will Greenlee

will.greenlee@tcpalm.com

PORT ST. LUCIE — A tiff that apparently began with allegations of an untidy toilet seat ended with a 67-year-old woman behind bars, a Port St. Lucie police report states.

Gail Higley, of the 2100 block of Southeast Erwin Road, was arrested Feb. 2 on a battery charge after reporting her son accused her of “(defecating) all over the toilet seat.”

Higley, who lives with her 44-year-old son, told police her son confronted her about being in his “specific bathroom.”

She said he accused her of “(defecating) all over the toilet seat” and asked her to refrain from using “his bathroom.”

Higley said her son got her off the commode and threw her to the ground. Then, she said, she smacked him in the face.

The 44-year-old son told police he came home and his mom went into “his bathroom.”

“He said he went in there when she was finished and argued with her about using his toilet because earlier she ‘(defecated)’ all over it and he had to clean it up,” a report states.

He said his mother slapped his face, causing his glasses to cut his nose.

The report did not state whether police inspected the toilet seat.