Police: Man struck mother in face with hammer May 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WARREN, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man struck his mother in the face with a hammer, sending her to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. Kevin Mendes, 34, of Warren, was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of domestic assault with a deadly weapon. Mendes attacked his 53-year-old mother on Monday morning in the home they share, Warren police Chief Roy Borges said. “She does have some severe fractures, skull and facial injuries,” he said. He did not give a motive. Mendes was held without bail aft...