Crime & Safety

Son Accused Of Putting Gun To Mom's Head For Having Guest Over

A 25-year-old man has been arrested after being accused of putting a gun to his mother's head because she had a man over to their home.

James Yates was charged with domestic aggravated assault.
James Yates was charged with domestic aggravated assault. (Pasco Sheriff)

PORT RICHEY, FL -- A 25-year-old Port Richey man has been arrested after being accused of putting a gun to his mother's head because she had a man over to their home.

Pasco County Sheriff's deputies were called to the home James Yates Jr., 25, shares with his mother on Stone Road in Port Richey after the mother and son got into an argument because the mother was entertaining a man at the house.

According to deputies, Yates went to his bedroom and retrieved a Glock 42 .380-caliber handgun. He brought it into the living room and pointed it at his mother's head and said, "You'll never do this again."

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Meanwhile, the guest fled through a window.

Yates was charged with domestic aggravated assault.

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