Will Greenlee

will.greenlee@tcpalm.com

PORT ST. LUCIE — An alleged tiff involving tossed tampons wound up sending a husband and wife to jail.

What could be called a case of feminine hygiene hijinks happened Jan. 2 when Port St. Lucie police went to an address on Southeast Lennard Road, according to arrest affidavits.

Amberdawn Amarite, 28, was outside, barfing.

She said her 31-year-old husband, Anthony Beasley, was intoxicated and relieved himself in her box of tampons.

“She got mad because he was drunk and damaged the tampons,” an affidavit states.

Amarite said she began yelling at her husband and hurled the tampons on him. She said he punched her in the head.

Police-provided photos depict a box of Equate super plus tampons. The unscented items have an “easy-to-hold grip.”

Meanwhile, Beasley told police he’d been drinking. He said he gave the kids a bath, and they splashed water in the tampons.

“His wife thought it was urine and became irate,” the affidavit states.

Beasley said his wife tossed the tampons on him and started hitting him. Beasley said he hit Amarite before his brother came in to defend Amarite.

Beasley’s brother told police he heard his brother and sister-in-law quarreling about tampons.

He said he confronted Beasley about hitting Amarite and that Beasley started hitting him.

After police absorbed the information, they arrested Amarite and Beasley, each on a single battery charge.