SIIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A school nurse noticed bruises on the face of a 13-year-old student which led to the arrest of his mother’s boyfriend for felony child abuse.
Officer Sam Clemens says 32-year-old Derrick Robert Christianson lives with the boy and his mother.
Clemens couldn't say what upset Christianson about the boy last Sunday but he allegedly hit him hard enough in the face that there was bruising.
Clemens says the boy’s mother was home at the time but didn’t call police.
Christianson was arrested Monday at his home on South Summit Avenue.