SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A 66 year old Sioux Falls man is charged with elder abuse against his 99 year old father.
Officer Sam Clemens says a home care nurse found the victim covered with feces and bruises on his legs. The nurse called police who arrested the suspect at his home.
Clemens says investigators believe that the suspect kicked his father in the legs causing the bruising. They're not sure how the victim became covered in feces but they say it happened while he was under the care of his son.
Police arrested John Melvin Lewis on a felony charge of abuse or neglect of an elder.
The incident and arrest occurred yesterday afternoon at the victim's and suspect's home on South Faris Avenue.