A Chattooga County man is charged with bloodying a child's nose on Sunday, Dec. 16. According to the report by the Chattooga County Sheriff's Department, 55-year-old Benjamin Blalock of a Fish Hatchery road address, is accused of hitting the child in the face. When officers arrived, the child was holding a rag to his bloodied nose and there was blood on his nose, hands and clothes. There reportedly was blood splatter on the porch, on the living area floor, and on the kitchen floor. The boy's mother, who reportedly was on the porch when the incident occurred,  said an argument began when the 10-year-old boy wanted to cook noodles and his step-grandfather cut off the water. The boy reportedly held up his fingers to the man in an obscene gesture and the man is alleged to have hit the boy in the face. According to the report, the boy has been diagnosed with autism. He was transported to Redmond Medical Center by Redmond EMS, according to the report. Blalock was arrested and charged with first degree cruelty to children, excessive physical or mental pain.