DAVIDSON, N.C. — Editor's Note: This story discusses domestic violence, which may include descriptions of violent acts. Reader discretion is advised.
The Iredell County Sheriff's Office says a man is accused of forcibly restraining his elderly wife several times using duct tape after responding to a domestic assault call this week.
Deputies responded to a call along Mecklenburg Highway near Moorseville on Wednesday. When they arrived, at-home health workers had told them an 80-year-old woman presented injuries that indicated she had been restrained. Deputies said further interviews and investigation led them to determine that her husband, 80-year-old Grover Cleveland Meetze III, had tied her to her bed on several different occasions with duct tape.
Meetze was arrested at the scene. He was then charged with felony neglect of a disabled or elderly person with injury, misdemeanor false imprisonment, and misdemeanor domestic violence.
A judge did not grant Meetze bond because the charges involved domestic violence and because of the familial relation involved.
Deputies note the county Department of Social Services was briefed on the investigation as well.
If you or a loved one is facing domestic violence, help is readily available. You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or text START to 88788. Resources for help are available in both North Carolina and South Carolina.
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