Teenage son uses baseball bat to defend mother from home intruder

A New York teenager is being praised after he fended off an intruder with a baseball bat after the man broke into his home and attacked his mother.

The incident occurred Friday around 10:02 p.m. when the suspect, identified as Matthew McNamara, 31, allegedly forced his way into a Hudson Terrace Apartment and attacked the mother, according to a report.

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Authorities arrived on the scene and discovered the woman with her 14-year-old son following reports of an altercation, Hudson Police said.

McNamara had purportedly knocked on the door before forcing his way in and began smashing property and attacking the mother.

He was allegedly attempting to force her out of the apartment when her teenage son went after McNamara with a baseball bat.

Officials transported McNamara to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and they took him into custody when he left.

Medical attention was not required for the mother.

McNamara faces charges of second-degree burglary, third-degree assault, fourth-degree criminal mischief, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, the report noted.

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Prior to the break-in, he had been removed from an Amtrak train.

McNamara is being held in Columbia County Jail in lieu of $5,000 cash, a $20,000 partially secured bond, or a $20,000 bond, according to the report.