Mark Walker

mwalker@argusleader.com

A 12-year-old girl was arrested on felony abuse charges for pinching her grandmother in the arm until it bled, police said.

The young girl faces one count of abuse of an elderly person.

Sioux Falls police were called about 7:45 p.m. Thursday to the 400 block of South Western Avenue by the girl's mother who saw the 75-year-old woman's bleeding arm after returning home, police spokesman Sam Clemens said.

Clemens said the young girl then texted her father, Reginald Eugene Holmes, 49, saying her grandmother had pinched her.

Minutes later, Holmes and girl's step mother arrived at the home.

"At some point (Holmes) and mom's husband began fighting," Clemens said.

The 49-year-old victim had bruises and a bump to the back of his head from the fight, Clemens said.

Holmes was arrested on one count of simple assault.