A Falls Township woman got 10 years probation for a bizarre attack that left her mother injured.
Credit: Falls Township Police
The Bucks County Courier Times reported first about 49-year-old Patricia Ann Fitzgerald’s sentencing on Tuesday. The newspaper posted online that Fitzgerald said she was off her schizophrenia medication at the time of the attack.
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Fitzgerald was arrested in summer for the July 22 attack that left her mother with bruises, scratches, abrasions and swelling.
According to court records, Fitzgerald suddenly grabbed her inside an apartment in the Lakeview Terrace Apartment complex and began screaming “Jehovah down” as she squeezed the woman’s hands.
Despite the woman asking for Fitzgerald to let her go, the 49-year-old gave the woman a bear hug and squeezed “very hard” for several minutes before throwing the woman onto a bed, police said.
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Fitzgerald then ordered the woman to open her eyes.When she did, and was gouged in both eyes by Fitzgerald, according to court papers. The woman reportedly told an investigator that when she pleaded with Fitzgerald to stop, she just dug deeper into her eyes.
Once Fitzgerald took her fingers out of the woman’s eyes, she left, police said.
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Fitzgerald’s mother told police she did not contact them until several days after the attack because she was unable to move.
