NEWNAN, GA (WXIA) Newnan police arrested 62-year-old Juan Guvarra Martinez after he allegedly spanked a stranger’s child in a Kroger checkout line.

The boy’s father, Logan Morris, said he was going through the checkout aisle with his 2-year-old son when the boy asked for candy.

“I told him, ‘No, it’s too late bud,'” Morris said.

That’s when, according to Morris, the man behind them in the line grabbed his son’s hand, spun him around and spanked him three times.

Morris said Martinez looked at him and said, “That’s how we deal with kids in Mexico.”

“I didn’t know what to think,” Morris said. “I was blown away by the situation.”

Martinez was charged with battery, disorderly conduct, and obstruction of officers. He was also placed on the store’s Criminal Trespass Log due to the incident.