A Bay Area reporter was arrested Monday on suspicion of stabbing his 74-year-old mother to death in Walnut Creek, Ca.

Cops clamped the cuffs on Nicholas Roth a Sports Reporter for the Bay Area News Group.

Police arrested Roth after receiving a call Monday around 5 a.m. from a woman had been stabbed. The woman was later identified as the mother of Nicholas Roth, Darlene Roth. 

Life-saving measures were taken at the scene and Roth was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. 

Roth was at the scene and arrested on suspicion of murder.

He is currently being held at the Contra Costa County jail in Martinez. His bail is set at $1.6 million.

H/T SFGate