Minnesota politician arrested for assaulting housemate with a live tarantula

Marisa Christina Simonetti, 30, a candidate for the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners in Minnesota, has been charged with fifth degree assault by a temporary housemate. The housemate, attorney Jackie Vasquez, claims Simonetti threw a living tarantula at her. Simonetti, who has a lease on the home, insists that Vasquez had rented the room via a short-term rental service but was noisy and a bad tenant. — Read the rest
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