"Woman Beats Neighbor Boy with Garden Hose"

Wow, neighbor women can be tough around here, as WOAI reports:

Investigators say Yolanda Perez beat her neighbor's 6-year-old son with a garden hose. The boy's grandmother says the [sic] he was playing outside, when he squirted the [sic] Perez with a hose. Investigators say Perez then lost her temper and beat the boy with the hose.

So, how bad was the beating? "He suffered some welts".