Local supermarket magnet, Ron Kronenberger, 53, told cops he had warned the tenant, who owed $2,800 in back rent, “If you’re going to act like a child, I’m going to treat you like one,” before he whipped the 29-year-old man on his bare bottom four times with a belt, leaving “little marks” on his behind, Fox8.com is reporting.
The tenant told Waynesville Police Chief Gary Copeland that he “was scared and just wanted to get [the whipping] over with” — saying it occurred Jan. 22 during an encounter in Kronenberger’s office at his supermarket, Hometown Marketplace.