SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A northern Utah man is under arrest after police say he choked his son with a football jersey during a sleepover.
Layton police Lt. Travis Lyman said that 33-year-old Aaron Tyler Croston of Layton got angry when his sons were wrestling on Friday and the younger boy, age 10, couldn't escape from his brother's chokehold.
Lyman says Croston grew angrier until he grabbed a nearby football jersey and wrapped it around the 10-year-old boy's throat until he turned blue before releasing him.
Lyman says the child didn't need medical treatment when officers responded.
Croston was arrested on suspicion of child abuse. The children are staying with family.
Lyman says police investigated a similar complaint in 2013, but there wasn't enough evidence to file charges.
The Idaho State Journal contributed to this report.



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