Las Vegas judge is charged with domestic battery for allegedly assaulting her 19-year-old son

A judge in Las Vegas has been charged with domestic battery for allegedly punching her 18-year-old son in the mouth.

Clark County District Judge Stefany Miley, 47, was arrested on Saturday evening after the incident, which occurred at about 6.45pm in a residential area near downtown Summerlin, a suburb of Las Vegas, police said.

At 7.06pm, the teen boy sent a frantic text message to his father, who is in the midst of a divorce battle with Miley, according to the father's lawyer.

'Call me now,' the message read, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

It continued: 'I need help. Mom punched me in the mouth and hit me in the head while I was driving. I (am) bleeding and need you to pick me up. She started screaming around the neighbors and tried falling on me to make it look like I was hurting her.'

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