A Waynesville, Ohio landlord has been charged with assault  after spanking the bare buttocks of a tenant who was behind in his rent, Breaking Celebrity News is reporting.

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.

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