> Sex screams (moans) lead to mistaken attack

A girl overheard her mother’s screams during sex and thought she was being assaulted, so she rounded up some friends to attack the woman’s companion.

The 16-year-old girl, two boys and a 19-year-old man were arrested and charged with assault and conspiracy charges.

Police in the US say the teens went into the bedroom and beat the mother’s 25-year-old companion with a baseball bat and punched him.

The man, Roger Swanson of Torrington, says he suffered a black eye and several bruises.

The woman, Melanie Arnold, denies she screamed. She tells The Associated Press her daughter heard a slap and thought it was an assault.