On the scene the investigating officers spoke to the victim, the mother of a sixteen year old boy, who stated that during a discussion with her son he intentionally slapped her face and then destroyed a window of the house with a piece of wood. He then left the scene.
The victim wanted her son arrested and pressed charges against him.
On the arrival of the officers the suspect was not at the home. The suspect was later found in the Middle Region where he was arrested an taken to the Philipsburg Police Station. At the police station he was held for questioning by the detectives.