Man Accused of Hitting 9-Year-Old With Extension Cord in Jonesboro

Jonesboro police arrested 20-year-old Teion Bartholomew Pruitt on Nov. 8, accusing him of striking two children, ages 9 and 4. An affidavit says officers found injuries on both children after responding to reports of crying and repeated blows at an apartment on Melrose Street. The older child told police Pruitt hit him with a folded extension cord. Pruitt faces two felony counts of second-degree domestic battering and is due in court Dec. 16.