A Des Moines man, who called police several times to complain about visiting in laws, has ended up in jail on a $1,300 bond.

William Foster was arrested on charges of simple assault on a police officer and false reports to law enforcement authorities. Things started going bad for foster when his common-law-wife was in hospital and her relatives came to stay. An officer reports that, "All parties were extremely agitated and continued to argue loudly despite our repeated attempts to calm them. In our presence, Foster threatened to kill one of the ladies."

Because the in laws were invited guests, police said there was nothing they could do and left Foster to get on with it. However, he called police a further seven times, at one time reporting that he was being repeatedly hit on the head with a skillet.

Eventually the frustrated police arrested Foster, taking him to hospital to get his physical injuries treated before taking him on to jail. Call me cynical, but I suspect that the trip to jail and the apparent non-punishment of Foster's abusive in laws had something to do with that 'simple assault on a police officer.'

Has anybody reported this family to Jerry Springer I wonder - he'd love 'em..

Des Moines Register