Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe VILLA RICA, Ga., July 8 (UPI) -- Georgia police said they arrested a man who pulled a gun on his mother and detained her for at least 6 hours because she refused to iron his clothes. Sgt. Marc Griffith with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said Robert Edward Tyrrell Jr., 29, of Villa Rica, argued with his 51-year-old mother at the home he shares with his parents June 30 when she refused to iron his clothes, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Thursday. Advertisement "He wanted her to do some ironing, and when she said 'no,' they got into an argument," Griffith said. "He told her 'ironing is woman's work.'" "Mama finally said, 'I'm not ironing your clothes,' and he went cuckoo on her," Griffith said. Griffith said Tyrrell then pulled a gun on his mother and took away her keys and cellphone. He said the suspect refused to let his mother leave for at least 6 hours. Police said the mother was eventually able to get away and reported the incident at a police station. Tyrrell was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
