Man Gets Jail For Beating Mom, 72, For Changing TV Channel

Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterEASTON, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man enraged that his 70-year-old mother changed the TV channel will spend 11 to 23 months in jail for beating and choking her.
Northampton County prosecutors tell The (Allentown) Morning Call that 42-year-old David Cantrell was upset about missing “Cool Runnings,” a comedy about a Jamaican bobsled team.
Wednesday’s minimum sentence was four months longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys sought becau