A Gainesville man choked his mother because he thought she had demons.
Michael Anthony Henderson Jr., 29, was arrested on a third-degree felony domestic battery charge early Sunday morning, according to a Gainesville Police arrest report.
Henderson stared down his mother, Gloria Henderson, 52, and Eugene Scott, because he said he thought both of them had demons in them.
His mother, whom he lives with, told him to stop staring.
Henderson lifted his mother by her throat and started to choke her with both hands, according to the report. Her neck was swollen and scratched.
Henderson left before police arrived, but returned only to leave when more officers arrived.
Officers and a K-9 unit tracked him from Northeast Third Avenue to Northeast 10th Street where they saw Henderson at the 700 block, GPD spokesman Officer Ben Tobias wrote an email.
Henderson didn’t speak after police read him his Miranda rights.
He is in jail with bail set at $25,000.
Contact Ben Brasch at bbrasch@alligator.org.
