RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - A man who attacked his elderly mother has been found guilty by a jury.

The Washoe County DA’s Office says 35-year-old Sean Looney was convicted of strangling his 66-year-old mother, and of beating and punching her in the face.

He was convicted of domestic battery by strangulation of an older person and domestic battery of an older person.

Looney was arrested by the Reno Police Department on New Year’s Day after a neighbor called police to report that he was beating a woman.

When police arrived, they found Looney lying in the front yard and subsequently arrested him. His mother had sustained multiple injuries to her face, neck and chest.

Police say that the mother had been sleeping when Looney knocked on her front door. She let him inside before he began to attack h

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