Police in Texas have arrested a man for allegedly slapping a 12-year-old boy in the face, according to reports. KTRK reports James Olander Peace is charged with felony injury to a child.Peace's wife, who wished to remain anonymous, said her husband was sticking up for her daughter, who was being bullied by the 12-year-old boy and his friend while she walked home from school. "Saying that her body was ugly, said that she was a transvestite, started throwing ice cream at her and then they picked up the rocks," explained Peace's wife.The girl called and asked for a ride home, and that's when Peace reportedly decided to confront the boy. "I went up and talked to him and he kept running his mouth. If he was talking to me like that, imagine how he was talking to her," Peace told KTRK in an interview. Deer Park Police Lt. Chris Brown said Peace began shouting at the boy and then hit him. "He was slapped across the face with an open hand, had red marks and swelling to his cheek and upper jaw," Brown said.Peace allegedly told the boy not to tell police or he'd beat him up. Peace said he knows there is a process to report the bullying to the school but he wanted to confront the bully himself. "He had been bullying and messing with her all day. He did admit that to me," Peace said.Still he wishes he had not let his emotions get the best of him. "I am sorry for that. I wish I would have approached it differently," Peace said.

Police in Texas have arrested a man for allegedly slapping a 12-year-old boy in the face, according to reports.

KTRK reports James Olander Peace is charged with felony injury to a child.


Peace's wife, who wished to remain anonymous, said her husband was sticking up for her daughter, who was being bullied by the 12-year-old boy and his friend while she walked home from school.

"Saying that her body was ugly, said that she was a transvestite, started throwing ice cream at her and then they picked up the rocks," explained Peace's wife.

The girl called and asked for a ride home, and that's when Peace reportedly decided to confront the boy.

"I went up and talked to him and he kept running his mouth. If he was talking to me like that, imagine how he was talking to her," Peace told KTRK in an interview.

Deer Park Police Lt. Chris Brown said Peace began shouting at the boy and then hit him.

"He was slapped across the face with an open hand, had red marks and swelling to his cheek and upper jaw," Brown said.

Peace allegedly told the boy not to tell police or he'd beat him up.

Peace said he knows there is a process to report the bullying to the school but he wanted to confront the bully himself.

"He had been bullying and messing with her all day. He did admit that to me," Peace said.

Still he wishes he had not let his emotions get the best of him.

"I am sorry for that. I wish I would have approached it differently," Peace said.