SWANSBORO, N.C. (WITN) - An elderly woman from Swansboro is accused in an elder abuse case that landed her in jail the day before Thanksgiving.

Swansboro police charged Donna Martin with abusing the disabled/elderly with injury and resisting a public officer.

Arrest warrants say it happened on Wednesday when the 79-year-old Martin did “confine and restrain that adult in a place and under a condition that was cruel and unsafe.”

A warrant says the man, who has the same last name as Martin, suffered mental injury and that the suspect is his caretaker.

The arresting officer says they were called to the home for a domestic disturbance and was shown video evidence of the abuse.

Records show the elderly man and suspect live at the same home on Ashley Nicole Court.

Martin was charged back in

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