BEAN STATION, TN—
A man in Tennessee is accused of setting a teddy bear on fire and throwing it at a 9-year-old boy.
Ronald Dalton was charged with child abuse after the child's mother called police.
The boy's mother told Bean Station Police the 53-year-old Dalton set the toy on fire from a stove and threw it at her son, briefly setting his shirt afire. The boy did not require medical attention.
The mother was at work and Dalton was caring for the boy at his home when the incident occurred.
