Woman arrested after slapping boy

A Bloomington woman, 44, was charged with battery May 29 after reprimanding her neighbor’s son.\nAngel Scroggins told police she had been taking out the trash when she saw two boys throwing rocks. She asked them to stop and was then informed by one of the boys that he was going to throw rocks at her.\nScroggins told police that she then grabbed the boy by the sleeve. Police reports read that the boy was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt.\nThe boy’s mother told police she heard Scroggins asking “Who’s boy is this?” When the boy’s mother came to claim her son Scroggins informed the mother of the boy’s behavior and said she had already slapped him for it.\nScroggins was charged with battery for the red mark left on the boy’s right arm.\nWhen interviewed by police, the 4-year-old admitted that he had thrown rocks at Scroggins and she had slapped him for it.