Berwyn Police Blotter
Man shoves mom; charged with battery, violating order of protection
November 29, 2007, 8:33 AM
Police found a 59-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man yelling at their adult son in the east alley of the 3700 block of Wisconsin. The son, 36-year-old Richard B. Mayers—a Green Party congressional candidate—apparently believed his parents were throwing away his “political papers”. The father told police Mayers shoved his mom in the chest in an effort to get at a box of papers, despite both parents’ insistence that the box contained only trash. Mayers also tried to retrieve a box from a garage truck; police saw no political papers in the box. The parents told police Mayers has a history of psychological problems and was not currently on medication. Mayers was charged with one count of domestic battery and one count of violating the order of protection his parents have against him.
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