Elderly mother beaten, suspect sentenced to 5 years

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Lowndes County man will spend five years in prison for beating up his elderly mother.

Thomas Savely Jr. was sentenced in Lowndes County Circuit Court Monday on a Aggravated Domestic Assault charge.

Lowndes County deputies were called to a home on Jess Lyons Road in July of last year.

Investigators say the woman had to get stitches but recovered.

Savely was also ordered to serve five years probation.