Mom hits adult son with baseball bat

A southwestern Pennsylvania woman hit her adult son with a slugger.

Charleroi: A southwestern Pennsylvania woman was charged with hitting her adult son with a Louisville Slugger after she allegedly came home drunk. Linda Newstrom, 49, faces a preliminary hearing Feb. 25 on simple assault and other crimes in Valentine`s Day incident.Charleroi police said Newstrom kicked her 21-year-old son Jeffrey out of the house then swung the bat at him as he gathered his belongings — missing on the first two swings but connecting on a third.

Police said Newstrom claimed her son hit her, but also acknowledged hit him with the bat, saying, "I brought him into this world and I`ll take him out of this world." Newstrom doesn`t have a listed phone and online records don`t list a defense attorney. Bureau Report