A Uniontown, Pa. man has been jailed on charges that he threatened his girlfriend with a meat cleaver while they argued about the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. State Police said the 34-year-old man attacked the woman while she was holding their child during the argument about 9 a.m. Monday.

The couple was arguing about the BP oil spill. A news release issued by State Police doesn't make plain how it was the couple came to argue about the spill.

The man was in the Fayette County Prison unable to post $20,000 bond. He faces a preliminary hearing May 26 on charges of reckless endangerment, terroristic threats and harassment.