Crime & Safety
Son Arrested After Domestic Dispute With Mother: Maplewood Police
The Maplewood Police received a call Tuesday morning about an injured woman, who was taken to the hospital. Her son was in custody Tuesday.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A man was arrested in Maplewood Tuesday morning after a domestic dispute involving his mother, Maplewood police said.
Police said that they received a 911 call from a good Samaritan about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday saying a woman was injured on the 1600 block of Springfield Avenue.
Police arrived to find a 50-year-old woman with multiple injuries. She was immediately taken to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment, police said.
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"Officers determined that this was a domestic violence incident between mother and son," police said.
A police spokesperson said the son was in custody but the charges had not been determined yet. Patch will update the story when more information is received.
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Although police were called about that incident 40 minutes after another incident in the area at 7:05 a.m. — in which a woman was found stabbed in a house that was on fire — the two incidents were unrelated, police said.
Police said that in both incidents, there is no danger to the general public.
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