DESTIN - A 20-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly struck his mother in the eye, lawmen say.
On Jan. 7 a deputy went to a Paradise Isle residence to check out a report of a disturbance. He encountered a husband and wife, who said they'd been arguing. The deputy noticed the woman had a bruised eye and asked what had happened. She told him a box of Christmas decorations fell on her face.
But the deputy later learned the woman and her son had been arguing two or three days ago and during the argument, he struck her in the face.
The son said he threw a shoe at his mother, striking her in the face.
He was arrested for battery and has a Jan. 29 court date.