Daughter jailed for splitting dad’s skull with fire poker

A hot-tempered Maine woman will spend 150 days in the slammer for splitting her pop’s skull with a fire poker and piece of wood, authorities said. Briana Rideout, 21, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge Tuesday in connection with the 2017 attack in the basement of her dad’s home in Randolph, the Kennebec Journal reported. -- More...