A 57-year-old Janesville man is accused of abusing an elderly member of his household.

Gregory L. Ferge is charged in Rock County Court with first degree reckless injury, false imprisonment, strangulation and suffocation, physical abuse of an elderly person, criminal damage to property, and disorderly conduct; all with crime against and elderly person and domestic abuse enhancers.

According to the criminal complaint, Janesville Police responded to a home on the 3000 block of Autumn Lane to investigate a call about a disturbance shortly before 3:00 Tuesday morning.

Responding officers found an 84-year-old household member who was visibly shaking and who appeared fearful.

Ferge is accused of slapping the victim, pinching their nose so they couldn’t breath, stomping, hair pulling, and kicking them in the face.

Ferge is currently behind held on a $10,000 cash bond.