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What you should know about toilet paper in this pandemic 1:29
(CNN) - A family in California experienced first-hand the effects of a shortage of toilet paper, and their experience turned violent in their own home.
A 26-year-old Saugus, California resident was arrested and charged with assault Tuesday after a dispute over the stock of toilet paper in the family.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Shirley Miller told CNN that agents responded to a call at a Saugus home around 3 a.m.Monday due to a family riot. The sherif's department said a man allegedly beat his mother.
"This is the first arrest I heard that started with a discussion about toilet paper," said Miller.
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The son accused the mother of hiding the toilet paper. The mother admitted it and told police it was because her son was wearing too much, Miller said.
The mother declined medical attention, Miller said.
Sergeant Joel Nebel, who works as a detective in the Sheriff's Department in Santa Clarita, where Saugus is located, told CNN that there have been no changes to the way he handles his work during the pandemic. Their tasks are performed primarily on the phone and in crime scenes without interaction.
There has been concern over domestic altercations as residents across the country are under confinement orders.
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In Los Angeles County, officers have been responding to a greater number of family unrest since the confinement order went into effect three weeks ago. There were seven domestic violence calls to the department just Monday, he said.
The sheriff's department posted domestic violence hotlines on its Facebook page.
The publication says: "While the people who stay at home, isolated from their usual daily contact with others, we are concerned that there may be some in very difficult situations, who do not know where to go."
And they published the number of the national national hotline to report domestic violence in the United States: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).
