SHIPPENSBURG – According to the Shippensburg Police Department, on June 15 around 10:25 p.m. on East Garfield Street, Cliffton Carmack, 45, Shippensburg, was issued a non-traffic citation for disorderly conduct after an encounter with police.
An anonymous passerby witnessed Carmack chasing after an 11-year-old girl yelling “I’m going to beat your (expletive) (expletive)” and the girl was screaming for help, according to police.
According to police, when they arrived to investigate, they discovered that the girl was Carmack’s daughter and he had spanked her.
Carmack yelled at police, claiming the witness was not anonymous but one of his neighbors, according to police.
Police warned him to stop yelling and informed him he would be cited for a noise ordinance violation and refused, telling police that his porch was private property.
Police issued Carmack a non-traffic citation for disorderly conduct.