PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested a man accused of striking a juvenile female in the back of the head after a domestic altercation, Panama City Police Department announced Friday.
Leslie Cirilo-Cayetano informed officers, that she and Albertano Cirilo-Cayetano, 26, were having a verbal argument when they arrived to a residence in the 1800 block of Molitor Avenue, in reference to a disturbance. Albertano Cirilo-Cayetano allegedly then went outside and began striking the front tire of their vehicle with a hammer. Leslie Cirilo-Cayetano and her child went outside in an attempt to calm Albertano Cirilo-Cayetano down, but instead he threw the hammer on the ground and struck the juvenile in the back of the head, twice, knocking her to the ground, Leslie Cirilo-Cayetano told police
Albertano Cirilo-Cayetano then left the residence on a bicycle. Officers were able to locate him in the area and arrested him. He is currently in the Bay County Jail, charged with one count of child abuse.