Man Slams Father-In-Law’s Head, Breaks Items With Bat For Smoking Indoors

St. Peters Police said the man broke glass, a crystal chandelier, dishes and other items totaling $6,840.

A St. Peters man slammed his father-in-law’s head against a door frame, then broke furniture, dishes, a chandelier and other items with a bat because the man smoked in the house. Floyd Grobb, 52, of the first block of Crescent Hills in St. Peters, was charged Dec. 31 with third-degree domestic assault and second-degree property damage. St. Peters Police said Grobb, his wife and children moved in with her parents three years ago. One stipulation was that the father-in-law would not smoke in the house. Grobb overheard his wife ask her father if he smoked in the bathroom, and he said he did, but had the exhaust fan on. Grobb asked his wife about it later, and when she said her father had smoked inside, Grobb became enraged, St. Peters Police …

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