Man, 28, charged with beating 92-year-old woman
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A 28-year-old Memphis man is charged with assaulting a 92-year-old woman.
The woman, Willie Frances Robinson, said Thomas Standley got mad with her because she wouldn't take her medicine. According to CBS affiliate WREG, the woman said Standley choked her, then grabbed her by her arm and shook her violently.
In a police affidavit, the station reported, Robinson claimed Standley beats her often and talked her into signing over her power of attorney.
The woman's daughter, who lives next door, said she could hear the attack. She also told WREG Standley lived with Robinson as an unlicensed caretaker.
Standley is charged with domestic assault and assault.