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Published March 12, 2013, 12:21 AM

Woman accused of burning son pleads not guilty

BISMARCK — A Bismarck woman accused of burning her 31-year-old disabled son with a cigarette has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge.

BISMARCK — A Bismarck woman accused of burning her 31-year-old disabled son with a cigarette has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge.

Sixty-one-year-old Joyce Osterlund is charged with endangerment of a vulnerable adult. She pleaded not guilty Monday in Burleigh County Court.

The Bismarck Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/16mVtLb) that Osterlund's son told police his mother was upset because he was playing his guitar too loud.

Osterlund was charged in January.

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