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Alabama Boy, 13, Knocks Out Father After Alleged Strangulation Attempt

He is jailed on a domestic violence strangulation charge with court details still pending.

Overview

  • Deputies responded March 9 to a home in Foley, Alabama, where a man allegedly tried to strangle a woman during an argument, according to the sheriff's office.
  • Outside the home, the 13-year-old confronted his father, who allegedly lunged at him and tried to hit him with a bicycle.
  • The teen punched the man multiple times, and authorities said the father was unconscious when deputies arrived.
  • The suspect, identified as 32-year-old Daniel Hernandez-Lopez, was arrested March 10 and booked into the Baldwin County Jail on a domestic violence strangulation charge.
  • Officials said he appeared highly intoxicated and possibly on narcotics, and his booking photo shows significant facial injuries, with no attorney of record reported.