ALABAMA — A Phenix City man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting his 95-year-old mother, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
John Black, 70, was taken into custody on Nov. 25, two days after a deputy spoke with the victim, who was found with two black eyes and Band-Aids on her arms and legs. Black is being held in the Lee County Detention Center on a $30,000 bond, charged with second-degree assault and elderly abuse.
The incident was first reported on Nov. 23 by another son of the victim, who approached a deputy on patrol in the 9000 block of Lee Road 240. Investigators later determined the assault occurred in the 100 block of Lee Road 498…