SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A horrific story of domestic abuse when a Sioux Falls man hit his ex-girlfriend in the face, slammed her head into the ground and tried stuffing a blanket into her mouth to stop her screaming.
Officer Sam Clemens says 45-year-old Tony Deval Ledbetter didn't stop there.
Clemens says Ledbetter is accused of sitting on top of the victim and cutting off her nipples with a pair of scissors.
Clemens says the woman somehow managed to get away from her attacker and ran outside to call for help.
It was Ledbetter who called 911 and police found him nearby the home on West 58th Street.
Ledbetter is charged with domestic aggravated assault. Clemens say the 39-year-old woman was hospitalized but he doesn't know her condition.
This is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.