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- Deputies arrested 24-year-old Robert Eddington after the incident Monday afternoon at the victimās home south of Daytona Beach.
A North Florida man is behind bars after police say he beat and pepper sprayed his mother, claiming to do so because she āwas a narcissistā.
Deputies in Volusia County arrested 24-year-old Robert Eddington after the incident Monday afternoon at the victimās home south of Daytona Beach.
According to police and NBC affiliate WESH-TV, Eddingtonās mother invited him over for lunch ā where he showed up with a knife, zip tie and pepper spray before attacking her and leaving the victim seriously injured after repeatedly punching her and slamming her head into a window.
Eddington called 911 and confessed to the incident, adding he pepper-sprayed the victim because it āhad to be done,ā later telling police he tried to zip-tie her hands before calling her a narcissist according to an arrest report.
Eddington was ordered held without bond by a judge Tuesday. His mother told officials Eddington is bipolar and has not been taking his medication.