Jerome Smallis Threatens Wife After She Cancels ESPN: Police

Jerome Smalls evidently likes his ESPN. Smalls was arrested on Saturday and charged with disorderly conduct and second-degree threatening, according to the Hour.

The reason? Police say pulled a knife on his wife after discovering that she canceled their cable TV service. According to authorities, the loss of ESPN was particularly upsetting to him. Smalls says he never threatened his wife with a knife.

Read the full article at the Hour for more details (via Awful Announcing).

Comments

[IntelligenceIsBliss]

03:21 PM on 01/28/2010

Guys, pull your heads out of your a$$es.

Just divorce them. They are not worth the trouble. When you react with your brain stem instead of your cortex, it just plays into their infantile need for drama and conflict. You are giving them the power.

[Wood]

10:47 PM on 01/28/2010

See.. now .. i can't disagree with you here..

There are way too many dudes sitting in prison rooming with guys named 'Tootie' because they didn't realize that they're not worth the trouble...

[iRock]

08:03 AM on 01/28/2010

No ESPN!? Man, that cuts like a knife.

[dukesman2000]

11:30 PM on 01/27/2010

Why was he arrested? He did nothing wrong. The wife should have been arrested for disorderly conduct.

[FoonTheElder]

05:42 PM on 01/27/2010

It would only be fair if she cancelled the Menopause (Lifetime) Network as well.

[lisakaz2]

10:26 PM on 01/27/2010

If she canceled cable, that would go too.

[zxrod]

04:24 PM on 01/27/2010

I'll have to show this article to my girlfriend next time she tries to stop me from watching PTI. Wilbon made me do it!

[Madhattan]

04:05 PM on 01/27/2010

Mr. Smalls was heard uttering " Who'man, git muh spurts back on da talky-box, you be knowin' Sundays is PBA tour days..." before the incident took place.

[simplemee]

02:45 PM on 01/27/2010

Okay, so violence is wrong, we all know that, and if this man pulled a knife on his wife cause she canceled ESPN, he is crazy.

On another note, I love ESPN, that's where all the handsome men are...on TV. There is nothing more perfect than a 20something college basketball player laying it in to win the game at the buzzer. Or, Rafael Nadal pulling his shorts out. And all the other guys there. So it was her loss that she canceled ESPN and her husband's was negligible.

Girl, go get ESPN back. NOW.

[CPAwADD]

01:16 PM on 01/27/2010

I blame the cable company for charging too much!

[opprobrious]

02:03 AM on 01/28/2010

And it appears your aim is true.;)

[CPAwADD]

11:33 AM on 01/28/2010

And the angels want to wear my red shoes.

[timewaster2dcore]

12:19 PM on 01/27/2010

Why do women love making a man's life difficult? I am sure she knew that her husband loved sports, yet she canceled the channel. Yet, they accuse men of domestic violence. What do you want the dude to do?

The feminists aren't gonna see anything wrong with that picture, but they would certainly see something wrong with an aggravated man.

[SuperBunny]

12:23 PM on 01/27/2010

Depends who is paying the cable bill.

[timewaster2dcore]

12:45 PM on 01/27/2010

Would it be okay if the man cancels the electricity in her room, provided they have separate rooms and he pays for power?

[MINOTAURESEPT]

06:36 PM on 01/28/2010

women make me crazy.

[whirledgonecrazy]

02:05 PM on 01/27/2010

so it's ok to pull a knife on her? if that's the only way he knows how to solve a problem i'd say he needs to learn how to be a real man instead of a child.

[myjoyy]

11:24 AM on 01/27/2010

D@mn! He took the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat to a whole new level! And was it a knife or the remote control? Both can be leth@l weapons in the wrong hands. Who among you hasn't taken a kung foo panda stance or made a N!inja turtle move on somebody reaching for the remote? I'm just saying..

[Andrew FingerlickingGree]

09:51 AM on 01/27/2010

Three things I ask of you woman.... sex, EsPN and dinner. Cancel any three and imma have to cut you!!

[The Cause Endures]

12:01 PM on 01/27/2010

Ha! Violence against women is funny.

[NBD09]

12:29 PM on 01/27/2010

not funny. violence against someone else regardless of gender is disgusting.

[PCMinistry]

02:22 PM on 01/27/2010

Hey! Your bleeding all over my funny!!

[WindySailor]

09:08 AM on 01/27/2010

He could have gotten even by canceling Lifetime Movie Network.

[ECB]

10:59 AM on 01/27/2010

or the shopping or cooking channels.

[lifeplan715]

08:51 AM on 01/27/2010

ESPN HAS THAT

[BryanTheRegOps]

08:06 AM on 01/27/2010

What?! Oh H e I I No... She deserved it. You cancel my ESPN your d e @ d!

[capitalismisevil]

08:01 AM on 01/27/2010

In a follow up story, she threatened herself with a knife when she realized that Lifetime was also gone.

[kndam72]

08:53 AM on 01/27/2010

lls