STONE MOUNTAIN, GA (AP) -- Police say a 61-year-old man annoyed with a crying 2-year-old girl at a Wal-Mart slapped the child several times after warning the toddler's mother to keep her quiet.
A police report said that after the stranger hit the girl at least four times, he said: "See, I told you I would shut her up."
Roger Stephens of Stone Mountain is charged with felony cruelty to children. It was unclear if he had an attorney and a telehpone call to his home Wednesday was unanswered.
Authorities said the girl and her mother were shopping Monday when the toddler began crying. The police report saids Stephens approached the mother and said, "If you don't shut that baby up, I will shut her up for you."
Authorities said after Stephens slapped the girl, she began screaming.
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