HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Deputies have arrested a Huntington man they say struck his mother with a hammer.
The Herald-Dispatch reports 47-year-old James Otis Brumfield II will remain in jail following his preliminary hearing Tuesday. During the hearing, Brumfield waived his case to a higher court and the case will go to the grand jury.
Sgt. S.G. Poff of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said authorities arrested Brumfield on one count of malicious wounding following the incident Dec. 29. Poff said Brumfield's 72-year-old mother told investigators she was attacked while she slept.
St. Mary's Medical Center spokeswoman Angela Henderson-Bentley told the newspaper Brumfield's mother remained at the hospital in stable condition Tuesday.
Brumfield had a bond set at $500,000.