Ronald Coy
A Maryville man is behind bars after a fight sent his elderly father to the hospital that police said started over spoiled meat.
61-year-old Ronald Coy is charged with with second degree Domestic Assault in Nodaway County for allegedly beating his 87-year-old father.
Court documents state that Ronald caused physical injury to his father by striking and/or kicking about his body causing bleeding, an injury to his jaw that may require surgery to insert a metal plate, and an injury, pain, or discomfort to his kidney-area of his back.
In a probable cause statement signed by Maryville Public Safety Officer, Sarah Kahmann she said she responded to a medical emergency in which Ronald’s father was sitting in a chair, his face covered in blood.
“His face was visibly cut and bloody, was well as blood on his hands,” Kahmann said. “Stated that his son, ‘Ronnie’ had assaulted him, over an argument of spoiled meat.”
She said he claimed that his son had pushed him, knocked him down and said “the beating starts now.”
Court documents state Ron allegedly kicked his father several times, just above his kidneys. Kahmann said a nurse at where Ronald was located at told her that upon his arrival Ron said that he had struck his father in the jaw and probably broke it.
Kahmann stated Ronald said he knew why authorities were contacting and said that his father “jumped him.”
Ronald’s elderly father was transported to St. Francis Hospital around 5 p.m. Saturday. He was released and then later readmitted for his injuries.
Ronald is being held on $50,000 bond cash or surety.