From today's Minneapolis Star Tribune a tragic story about a family battle over a remote control gone way wrong. Recalling some of the knock-down drag-out brawls my brother and I had as kids for control of the same prize, I'm actually surprised this kind of thing doesn't happen more often:
A West St. Paul teenager who pleaded guilty Monday to killing his younger sister said he unintentionally strangled her as they fought over the TV remote control.
Scott Tomlinson wiped away tears as he testified about how he and his sister, Megan, had argued after getting home from school Jan. 28. He said that he wanted to watch "The Simpsons" and that she didn't.
They wrestled over the remote, and the 16-year-old said he put his arm around his 13-year-old sister's throat and held it until she went limp.
Dakota County District Judge Edward Lynch sentenced Tomlinson to 12
years in prison for unintentional second-degree murder while committing assault.
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