Man arrested for battery

 

 

A 40-year-old Stock Island man was arrested Monday after kicking a 45-year-old woman and pushing a 12-year-old girl.

 

Robert Livingston Bethel was charged with battery and cruelty toward a child.

 

The Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5^th Avenue residence at approximately 5:33 p.m. to find both victims outside. They stated Bethel kicked the woman in the back and into a kitchen counter and pushed the juvenile to the ground. Both had minor injuries corroborating the incident.

 

Bethel was inside the residence and was taken to jail.