Will Greenlee

will.greenlee@tcpalm.com

SEBASTIAN — Just because the demons made you do it, that doesn’t make it OK.

Joann Linda Eden, 62, was arrested April 17 in Sebastian after her mother accused her of a physical confrontation, an affidavit states.

Eden’s mother told Sebastian police that Eden grabbed her by the neck and held her in a chair. She also said Eden struck her cheek.

But Eden told police that she couldn’t recall the incident.

She then said “demons made her do it,” the affidavit states.

The specific demons were not listed.

Eden, listed as retired, denied hitting her mother, and started to talk “about getting her dogs back that have been gone since her divorce in 2014.”

Eden, of the 300 block of Englar Drive in Sebastian, was arrested on a misdemeanor battery domestic violence charge.