COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – A Coconut Creek man told police that he beat his teenage son with an auxiliary cord because the boy was high and slept all day long, according to an arrest report.
Gerardo Soto, 37, was arrested Thursday on charges of battery and child abuse.
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Coconut Creek police said the 16-year-old boy was hit in the face with a cord.
When police asked Soto about what happened, Soto confessed to the beating, saying he heard his son talking on his cellphone and "became very angry and confrontational," prompting him to grab a cord and swing it at the boy, according to the report.
Police said the boy had a cord mark across the left side of his face and ear. Police said the injuries were minor, but the cord did cause the boy to bleed.
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