A Burney man is accused of striking his elderly mother in the head multiple times with a hammer. Shasta County Sheriff’s Deputies were called at 10 O’clock Thursday morning to a home on Marquette Street in Burney. The victim was at a neighbor’s house and she was transported to a hospital. Deputies contacted 28-year-old Victor Sage Kersten by telephone and convinced him to surrender. He was booked into jail on several charges, including attempted murder, aggravated battery and willful infliction of physical suffering to a dependent adult.
-Steve Gibson