Mom charged in alleged hammer attack on son

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FORT WAYNE (AP) — Authorities say a Fort Wayne woman faces neglect charges for allegedly beating her son with a hammer because he ate her food.

Chandra Greene, 32, was charged Wednesday with three counts of neglect of a dependent.

Court records say a child welfare caseworker who went to Green’s residence to investigate a tip that the middle school-age son had been hit with a hammer found the boy with a head injury and the home filthy and without power.

The boy told authorities at a hospital that his mother had struck him with a hammer on his leg, arm, head and between his eyes.

The boy’s sister told officials his brother told her “he got a whooping because he ate all of his mom’s food.”