Kikar has a story of a father who was arrested for breaking his 15 year old son's cellular phone. The mother, his wife, called the police on him and they came to the home in Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem to arrest him.

While this fellow has no prior criminal record, he was accused of violence against electronic devices in the home before, and was accused of violence against the children in the past but at the time denied the accusation and nothing came of it.

The courts denied the police request to extend his detention but released him to house arrest to be located in a local yeshiva. He will not be allowed to leave the yeshiva without permission form the court. He is also not allowed to be in contact with his wife or children. The purpose of this is so that he will not impede the ongoing investigation in any way.

It sounds to me like this fellow is abusive to his family. While he has found ways to avoid getting in trouble for it until now, it looks like the mother has had enough. For her to call the police over a broken telephone? Looks like this is far bigger than that.