Woman accused of beating elderly landlord

ADVANCE, Mo. -- An Advance woman was arrested and charged last week with assaulting her elderly landlord as he tried to serve her eviction papers.

Patricia Ann Page, 58, was arrested Nov. 14 and charged with second-degree elderly abuse, a felony.

The Stoddard County Sheriff's Department received a call at 5:17 p.m. Nov. 14 in reference to an assault in progress at Wiggins Trailer Court.

Cpl. Travis Stafford spoke with a witness who said she heard yelling coming from Page's home. The witness said she saw Page on the front porch, hitting the landlord, and that when he tried to leave, she pushed him down the stairs.

The witness checked on the landlord, who was "bleeding, lying on the ground," before seeking help.

In his probable-cause statement, Stafford said Page told a much different story.

The statement quotes Page as saying: "My landlord came to evict me, and when I wouldn't read the papers, he started hitting me in the face. He got me on the ground and pounded me in the face. I went inside and he fell down the stairs. I didn't touch him."

Stafford said Page became defensive when she was told there was a witness to the incident.

"It was dark. She didn't see me push him," the report quotes Page as saying. "You can't believe that because she didn't see me do it."

The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with a fractured hip and internal bleeding.

Page is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 29 before Associate Judge Joe Z. Satterfield.

Pertinent address:

Advance, MO