Teenager Beats Mother Then Surrenders Hammer
Long Beach police report a teen, Robert Andrew Blust 18, battered his mother Neva Blust 45 with a ballpeen hammer after being told to leave home. He admitted striking her three times and led officers to the weapon in a garage. Neva Blust checked at Long Beach Community Hospital and was described as not too serious. The incident occurred at 6866 Gardenia Ave. in the dining room after around 11 am Thursday. The boy said something built up inside him and he could not stand it amid family tensions. He is jailed for assault with a deadly weapon.