By Pat Culverhouse

An apparent argument which resulted in an assault with a food item has landed a Minden couple in parish jails, each facing an abuse charge.

Chief of Police Jared McIver said officers responding to reports of a domestic disturbance at a Pershing St. residence found a female at the front door with noodles in her hair and water dripping off her face.

Officers reportedly were told by 35-year-old Ariel Vascocu that her 45-year-old male companion, Antonio L. Matthews, was “tearing up her house.” Vascocu told officers Matthews had thrown a bowl of noodles on her during an argument.

During the police interview with Matthews, he reportedly admitted throwing the noodles on Vascocu and on the wall of the kitchen. Officers also learned from Vascocu that she had slapped Matthews in the face when the argument began.

Officers said two minor children under the age of 11 were inside the residence at the time of the disturbance.

Both Vascocu and Matthews are charged with one count of domestic abuse with child endangerment. Each is being held on a bond of $5,000.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.