Former little league coach arrested for spanking players

A father and little league coach is facing charges for allegedly spanking several kids on his team.

Jonathan Russell is facing four counts of assault on a child for spanking his 9-year-old son's baseball teammates over a six month span.

However, there is an obscure North Carolina law that allows for someone to spank someone else's child - unless that child's parent specifically tells them not to.

Tom Albright, the president of the little league, is now trying to change that law.

"We fully plan on going forward to say, look - we would like to see the law changed. If you're going to say it's ok to spank your child when he's at your residence then there needs to be a change where you're made to at least tell that parent that that has occurred," said Albright

The investigation against Russell is still ongoing.