KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A 29-year-old woman was arrested Friday evening after witnesses saw her punch a child in the face in a South Knoxville parking lot and called police.
Loren Whaley, 29, is charged with felony child abuse.
According to a warrant for Whaley’s arrest, Knoxville police were called to the parking lot of Kroger on Chapman Highway near West Young High Pike around 7 p.m. for a report of a woman hitting a 7-year-old in the face…