Son is arrested ‘after banning his 89-year-old father from using a walker, making him crawl and stepping on his fingers because he found it “funny”‘
- Douglas Maier, 60, from Iowa, charged with dependent adult abuse resulting in injury
- Maier’s father, Albert, told cops his son kicked him in the leg because he was ‘in the way,’ causing him to fall and fracture several ribs
- Albert Maier also claimed Douglas has been feeding him nothing but cold canned corn
- Douglas Maier is also suspected of pocketing 25 years worth of his father’s Social Security payments
An Iowa man has been arrested for torturing his 89-year-old father who was found starving with broken bones, say police.
Douglas Maier, 60, from Ankeny, was booked into the Polk County Jail on Wednesday on a charge of dependent adult abuse resulting in injury. He remained jailed as of Thursday afternoon on $50,000 bond.
Police say he had been abusing his elderly father Albert Maier, who has been living with him for the past 25 years.
Deputies got involved after Albert had to be taken to hospital for treatment for several fractured ribs.
When interviewed, he told officers that his son had kicked him in the leg on Monday because he was ‘in the way’ and caused him to fall and fracture the ribs on the left side of his torso, according to a criminal complaint obtain by WHO-TV.
Douglas Maier, 60, from Iowa, has been charged with dependent adult abuse resulting in injury targeting his 89-year-old father, Albert
The deputy interviewing Albert noted that they could see bruising all down his left side.
Albert also claimed that his son regularly denies him the use of his walker, forcing him to crawl on his hands and knees to get around the house, ‘then steps on his fingers while crawling thinking this was funny.’
When the victim was taken to a hospital for an evaluation, medical staff found cat hair in wounds on Albert’s knees, according to the document.
The octogenarian also said that his son refuses to feed him anything besides two cans of cold corn a day, and that he has been cashing his Social Security checks for the past 25 years and pocketing the money.
The alleged abuse took place at the family’s home in Ankeny (pictured), and involved Douglas kicking his father, forcing him to crawl and feeding him nothing but cold canned corn