Man convicted in Sacramento after attacking elderly mother and sister over pot smoke
A Sacramento County jury has convicted a man for attacking his 72-year-old sister and 94-year-old mother last year after he was told to keep marijuana smoke from wafting through the house, prosecutors said.
Edward Thomas now faces a maximum sentence of 13 years and eight months in prison for the attack, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release Thursday.
On Wednesday, jurors found Thomas, 63, guilty of two counts of elder abuse with enhancements for causing great bodily injury and two counts of battery causing serious bodily injury, according to the release. Deputy District Attorney Frederick Gotha prosecuted the case.
The attack occurred Nov. 30. Prosecutors said his sister asked Thomas to keep marijuana smoke from wafting through the house. Both women were seriously injured and taken to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.
One victim suffered a broken nose, a fractured orbital bone, scalp hematoma, wounds to her head that required 20 staples, fractured ribs and fractured fingers on both hands, along with multiple human bite marks to her face, arms, hands and chest, according to prosecutors.
They said the other victim suffered bleeding between her skull and her scalp, human bite marks to her face and arm, cuts on her face requiring extensive suturing and a fractured rib.
Thomas remained in custody at Sacramento County Main Jail on Thursday afternoon. He will return to court Oct. 16, when he is scheduled to be sentenced by Sacramento Superior Court Judge James Arguelles.
