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Published: March 17, 2009
TAMPA - Deputies charged a Riverview woman with felony aggravated child abuse, saying she threw a billiard ball at her 17-year-old son.
The mother was held without bail at the Orient Road jail today, records show. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested her at home about 10:45 p.m.
According to an affidavit, the mother and her son got into a verbal argument that escalated to the point that she threw the billiard ball at him.
Deputies said in the affidavit that as a result of the mother's actions, the teenager ran out of the house, made suicidal threats and was hospitalized under the Florida Mental Health Act.
No other information about the dispute was available.
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