SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A daycare alerted authorities to wounds a ten-year-old Dell Rapids boy suffered including a hand shaped bruise to his face, belt buckle marks on his legs and bruises on his stomach.
Sergeant Mike Walsh with the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s office says 43-year-old Klinton Finley is charged with felony child abuse.
Walsh says Finley admitted to investigators that he had struck the child more than once with a belt. He went on to explain that the reason for the disciplie was the boy was not doing his chores fast enough and or was gazing out a windo2w.
Finley is the victim’s uncle and his guardian.
He’s also charged with simple assault and contributing to the neglect or abuse of a minor.