A Sweet Home-area man was arrested Saturday, April 28, after allegedly assaulting his 79-year-old mother, Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller said.
Mueller said deputies responded at 12:45 p.m. Saturday to 28444 Liberty Road near Sweet Home after a report of a disturbance. Joyce Ritterbush, 79, reported that her 50-year-old son, Chris Walnum, who lives in a travel trailer on the property, had assaulted her.
Ritterbush said her son suffers from mental illness and was armed…