Great Moments in Domesticity

Yikes! There are some scary domestic disputes around here these days:

Man decapitated after domestic dispute in Yorktown

Deputies and firefighters went to the scene and approached the burning trailer, attached to a Ford Explorer with the driver still inside.

Deputies tried to persuade the driver to get out of the vehicle, but the man refused.

A fire officer noticed a line extending from a nearby tree was wrapped around the driver’s neck. When deputies tried to get the man out, he hit the gas pedal and was pulled out of the Explorer by the line and decapitated, the release says.

Currituck sheriff: Man aiming for dog shoots, kills girlfriend

O’Malley and Mackey were arguing when the dog, a German shepherd-Doberman mix, bit O’Malley on the arm. O’Malley aimed a gun at the dog, according to witnesses interviewed by police. Mackey was shot in the chest when she tried to keep the dog from getting shot, Voorhees said. The dog was not injured.

Well, thank goodness the dog is okay.