A Nesquehoning woman told police she slapped her adult son across the face during an argument earlier this month.

Borough officer Dane O'Brien charged MaryEllen Yanchura, 46, of 31 Park Ave., with simple assault and harassment.According to an affidavit of probable cause, here's what happened:At 7:05 p.m. Aug. 1, Police Chief Sean Smith told O'Brien of a domestic disturbance at 31 Park Ave.O'Brien went to the home and spoke on the front porch with Ryan Yanchura, 19, whom he knew. Yanchura was extremely upset and shaking, and told O'Brien that Smith had been to his house earlier that evening because of a domestic disturbance involving him and his mother, MaryEllen Yanchura, concerning family matters. After Smith left, Ryan Yanchura said, the argument rekindled.The dispute escalated, and MaryEllen Yanchura hit him across the face, Ryan Yanchura told O'Brien. The officer saw that Yanchura's face appeared slightly swollen and had scratch marks.When O'Brien approached MaryEllen about the matter, she told him she had struck her son in the heat of the moment.O'Brien took her to the police station, where she was charged, arraigned before District Judge Casimir Kosciolek and committed to Carbon County prison under $2,000 bail. On Wednesday, Kosciolek reduced the bail to unsecured, allowing Yanchura to be released.It was Yanchura's first offense, according to the state's online judicial records.