UPDATE: Police: Man who socked mom over Christmas ornament slight stays locked up

ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI – While putting up the Christmas tree, a drunken 33-year-old noticed an ornament for his brother – but none for him.

In response, he pummeled his mother, police say.

Police responded early Saturday to a home in the 6600-block of 111th Avenue in Casco Township after dispatchers received a call, but no one was on the line. Dispatchers heard yelling in the background and a woman screaming, “You are hurting me,” police said.

Sheriff’s deputies calmed the situation upon arrival.

The investigation showed that the 33-year-old punched his 58-year-old mother in the face four or five times. She suffered a bloody nose, swollen eye and a swollen lip. Her son had minor injuries to his knuckles, consistent with punching someone.

The trouble started when the suspect, his girlfriend and his brother were helping to decorate the family Christmas tree.

The suspect became angry when he noticed that an ornament had his brother’s name on it, but none of the ornaments bore his name.

“The suspect became upset and pushed his way past the others and attacked his mother, striking her several times in the face,” sheriff’s Capt. Frank Baker said.

The suspect was arrested for domestic violence and taken to jail.

John Agar covers crime for MLive/Grand Rapids Press E-mail John Agar: jagar@mlive.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ReporterJAgar