2 children choked in Little Rock, police say; grandma who was babysitting arrested

Cloree Whitlock
Cloree Whitlock

A 54-year-old Little Rock woman babysitting her grandchildren Monday night was arrested after she choked the children and prodded them with a knife, police said.

Cloree Whitlock was watching two of her grandchildren at her home on Windsor Circle sometime before 11:20 p.m., according to a Little Rock Police Department report.

Whitlock got into an argument with the children over $10 and then threw Kool-Aid on one of them, the report said. She then choked the children one at a time while poking their arms with a knife, police said.

Whitlock was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault on a family member, a Class D felony. She is being held without bail.

A court date is set for July 26.

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