METROPOLIS – A Metropolis man was taken to the Massac County Detention Center charged with Domestic Battery following a disturbance in the 800 block of Parkview Sunday.

According to Metropolis Police, 36-year-old Manuel T. Chest was striking an 8-year-old child with a belt. The child’s mother tried to intervene, but was struck.

Chest continued hitting the child with the mother trying to stop him. They eventually fled outside. Officers noticed welts on the legs and buttocks of the child. Chest had also shoved the mother.

Chest was then arrested, charged and taken to jail.