STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Police say a 29-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly abusing his son in Sturgeon Bay.
According to police, the child’s mom lives in Green Bay and reported the incident to them. The 11-year-old boy said his father got mad at him and broke his cell phone. The boy said his father then hit him on the arm with a belt, leaving visible welt marks, and grabbed his neck.
The father tells police that he only tapped his son’s arm with the belt. He also said he grabbed the boy’s shirt, not his neck. He did, however, admit breaking the boy’s cell phone.
The man was jailed on potential charges of physical abuse of a child and criminal damage to property.
The boy is currently with his mother.
