A man scalds his 67-year-old partner with hot soup as a punishment for speaking.

Alexander Alton McDavid (McLennan County Jail).

A man from Texas, aged 35, got himself into trouble by reportedly pouring a pot of hot soup on his girlfriend, aged 67, which resulted in severe burns. His reason for this violent act was that he claimed she was speaking too much.

According to records from the jail, Alexander Alton McDavid, residing in Waco, has been charged with various offenses such as injury to an elderly person, assault causing bodily harm with a prior conviction, ongoing violence within the family, making threatening statements towards family members, and resisting arrest. As of Monday afternoon, McDavid was still held in the McLennan County Jail on a bond of $130,000.

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Local CBS affiliate KWTX obtained an arrest affidavit that reportedly said the victim and McDavid were arguing on Feb. 28 at the apartment in the 1700 block of Washington Avenue. McDavid reportedly got mad and told the victim she was talking too much. The victim was heating soup in the microwave and as she was taking it out, McDavid allegedly swiped at the plate, causing the soup to spill. She suffered third-degree burns on her shoulder and forearm, cops reportedly stated.

The victim does not have a phone or a car, so she did not initially contact police. But a few days later, she left the apartment for an appointment at the Social Security office. She stopped at the police department as well to make a report, the affidavit reportedly stated. Cops took the report and photographed her burns.