Volusia man accused of attacking his mother while high on drugs, deputies say

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A man is facing charges after Volusia County deputies said he attacked his mother while high on drugs.

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Deputies said Dillon Hart had a bad reaction to heroin and hit his mother with a box fan on North Halifax Avenue in Ormond Beach on Saturday morning.

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Investigators said the victim protected herself by cutting her son’s arm with a pocketknife.

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He was seriously hurt and had to be taken to the hospital.

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