She Took After Him with a Ball Bat

There's a reason domestic violence cases are some of the ones law enforcement officers dread the most. A relationship that was falling apart this weekend demonstrates why. Sheriff deputies were called to a house on Bethany Ford Road early Saturday morning. The couple, James Aldridge and Sheila Mayberry, were in the midst of a verbal argument, with her carrying around a white ball bat.



He told deputies he'd decided to pack up and leave after she'd thrown herself at two men who visited earlier in the evening, and as he was loading his stuff into his truck, she started beating him with the bat. He said she had hit him repeatedly in the back, leg, and hand -- and he had a cut on his right hand. Deputies were able to relieve her of the bat before she took a swing at them. They arrested Mayberry on an assault and battery charge.