SIOUX FALLS, SD — Police have accused a man of beating his pregnant girlfriend, then using a pair of scissors to cut off both of her nipples.Police spokesman Sam Clemens says 45-year-old Tony Ledbetter attacked his girlfriend during an argument about their relationship.
He allegedly punched the 39-year-old woman, slammed her head on the ground and tried to get her to stop screaming by choking her with his forearm and shoving a blanket in her mouth.
Not quite finished, police say he then retrieved a pair of scissors and sat on her before using the scissors to cut off the woman’s nipples. The woman was able to break free and run outside of the home for help.
The woman was taken to the hospital, while Ledbetter was taken to jail on 8 counts of aggravated assault/domestic abuse. He was in court on Thursday where a judge ordered him held on a $250,000 cash-only bond.
“We believe that sort of brutality that was involved with this particular offense warranted a much higher cash bond than we would normally see in an aggravated assault case,” said Thomas Wollman, Lincoln County’s State’s Attorney.
Ledbetter is looking at 15 years in prison for each count if convicted.
Not surprisingly, this isn’t Ledbetter’s first rodeo. He has a criminal history that includes several simple assault convictions. He also has stalking and simple assault domestic charges that were later dismissed.
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