Aug 22, 2007 1:49 pm US/Eastern
Man Charged In Assault Of Judge Mother
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ―
A Philadelphia man is facing charges of assaulting his mother, a 79-year-old Philadelphia Common Pleas judge.
Police said Judge Lisa Richette was assaulted Tuesday by her son, 48-year-old Lawrence Richette, in a domestic dispute at the judge's home.
A fire rescue crew took the judge to Jefferson Hospital about 5 p.m. for treatment of a cut above her eye. It required four stitches to close.
Lawrence Richette, who lives near his mother in South Philadelphia, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, and reckless endangerment.
Twenty years ago, Judge Richette was attacked by purse snatcher, and she was assaulted last August by a woman while sitting in her car in center city Philadelphia.
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