METROPOLIS, Ill. (WSIL) -- Metropolis police responded to a report of a disturbance in the 800 block of Parkview on November 23.

Police said they learned Manuel Chest, 36 of Metropolis, was hitting an 8-year-old child with a belt. Police also said the child's mother attempted to stop him and she was also struck.

The altercation continued, and the mother and child eventually fled outside, a police report stated. Police said they also saw welts on the child's legs and buttocks.

Chest was also accused of shoving the mother during the incident. He was arrested and charged with domestic battery and taken to the Massac County Detention Center.

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