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A hot-tempered Maine woman will spend 150 days in the slammer for splitting her pop’s skull with a fire poker and piece of wood, authorities said.

Briana Rideout, 21, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge Tuesday in connection with the 2017 attack in the basement of her dad’s home in Randolph, the Kennebec Journal reported.

The inebriated woman argued with her father about money, then allegedly hit him several times with the metal rod until a relative intervened, police said. Her dad fled through a window.

Rideout’s dad suffered two fractures to his skull, a large cut over one eye and bruises on his arms, shoulders and chest, according to a report by Kennebec County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeffrey Boudreau.

Deputies reported finding a large piece of firewood — with a chunk missing — and a blood-stained poker on the basement floor.

Rideout’s attorney, William Baghdoyan, said she’s since completed counseling and has had a job for six months.

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