Dad accused of tying son to outdoor pole for hours May 14, 2013

A Miami Beach father is facing an aggravated child abuse charge after he tied his 12-year-old son to a pole and left him for hours while he went shopping, police said.

Adolfo Guzman, 49, was arrested Sunday, according to a Miami Beach Police report released Monday.

A public defender was appointed for Guzman during a court hearing Monday where he was ordered held on $50,000 bond and ordered to have no contact with his son.

Guzman had been concerned when his son disappeared for a few hours the day before and “warned him he would tie him up if he continued to wander off,” the report said.

The boy told NBC 6 that he didn’t listen to his father, and didn’t tell him he was at a friend’s house Sunday.

“I was feeling bad because it all was my fault. He’s innocent, so it’s all my fault,” the son said.

Police said that after the son disappeared again without permission and returned home, Guzman used a bicycle cable wire lock and tied him to a concrete pole outside the family’s home.

Guzman left to go shopping and didn’t come back for a couple hours, the report said. In the meantime, witnesses flagged down police officers and told them about the tied-up child, the report said.

Miami Beach Police spokesman Sgt. Bobby Hernandez said the boy was found by a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses tied up around his ankle to a laundry pole (pictured below) in a common area of an apartment building.

 

Man plagued by bedbugs steals sheets for kids May 12, 2013

CRESTVIEW — A man accused of taking two sets of sheets from WalMart April 11 and leaving the store withut paying for them told police his home had bedbugs and he needed the sheets for his children, according to his Crestview Police Department arrest report.

When an officer told him to stop, he kept running, the report said.

The 29-year-old man jumped two fences before being caught.

He was charged with resisting an officer without violence and retail theft.

Allen Banyacksi Charged With Child Abuse After Slapping Son’s Alleged Bully May 7, 2013

According to a police  report, Allen Banyacksi pulled up in his car alongside three boys who were  walking home from school on Helm Way West in Casselberry on Thursday.

“I feel horrible that I  can’t do more. That I can’t be at school every day to watch over him. To walk  him through the hallways,” Banyacksi told WESH 2.

The boys told police  Banyacksi cursed at them and threatened to kill them.

One of the boys gave  Banyacksi the middle finger, and he got out of the car and confronted him, the  report says.

The boys told police that Banyacksi spit in the victim’s face so the victim spit back at him, and that’s when Banyacksi slapped the victim, knocking him to the ground.

Banyacksi got back into  his car and drove home.

Banyacksi told police he  saw the boys bullying his son and he drove up next to them to figure out “what  their problem was.”

He was charged with  battery and child abuse without great bodily harm.

“I have four kids and he’s  my youngest. He’s my baby. And we’ve watched him get bullied since the 4th  grade. And when does it stop?” Banyacksi said.

Couple drank at bar while nervous, hungry boy waited outside April 28, 2013

A Seminole County couple were recently charged with child neglect after a deputy found a 7-year-old boy in their care waiting outside a DeBary bar while they were drinking inside, according to a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office report.

Lucien and Emily Brodeur, both of Casselberry, were arrested after deputies were called to Rumors Bar, 83 U.S. Highway 17-92, at about 10:30 p.m. April 19.

The deputy said in a report the boy “appeared to be nervous and scared” and the entrance to the bar was about 20 feet from U.S. 17-92, the busiest road in DeBary.

The boy said he arrived with the couple on their motorcycle. The boy was hungry and couldn’t remember the last time he ate.

Lucien Brodeur, 32, left the bar to talk to the deputy and said: ” I told him to come inside with me and play pool,” according to the report. “He didn’t want to come inside, so he is playing outside”.

Brodeur said he and Emily Brodeur, 35, had only been at the bar for 20 minutes. A bartender said they had been there for about 90 minutes.

The boy was turned over to a friend of the family and the Florida Department of Children and Families was contacted.

Couple accused of leaving child outside bar for an hour and a half April 23, 2013

DEBARY,  Fla. —A Casselberry couple is accused of leaving a child alone outside a  bar in Volusia County for an hour and a half.

Lucien and Emily Brodeur  were arrested and charged with child neglect.

A passer-by noticed the  7-year-old boy about 10:30 p.m. Friday outside Rumors Bar on U.S. 17/92 in  DeBary and called police.

Deputies said the boy was  pacing in front of the bar when they arrived and seemed scared.  He told  them he didn’t know how long he’d been there or when he last ate anything.

Lucien Brodeur told  deputies he was only inside 20 minutes but the bartender said it was at least an  hour and a half.

Boy, 2, left strapped in car seat in vehicle for 8 hours April 18, 2013

The child is in critical condition.

• Tuesday
• April 16, 2013
• Time: 12:00 PM

• 1613 127th Avenue East
• Tampa, Florida

Child:

Jadiel Rosario DOB: 5-11-11 1613 127th Avenue East Tampa

Parents:

Father – Alexander Rosario DOB: 5-14-86
Mother – Douceaymee Lopez-Alvarez DOB: 2-1-87

Details:

At approximately 12:00 (noon) today, April 16, 2013 a 911 call was received from a parent of the child, after they discovered that the child in the vehicle still buckled in his car seat. Preliminary information at this time is that the family had been visiting with relatives and returned home this morning at approximately 4:00 a.m. The father thought the mother had taken the child out of the car seat and the mother thought that the father had taken the child out. According to the family, it is common for them to keep late hours and for the child to sleep until 11:00 or 12:00. The family has 4 children ages 8, 7, 3 and two. At approximately noon today, the parents went in to check on the 2 year old and discovered him missing. They then realized that neither had brought the child in from the vehicle. They discovered him still strapped in his car seat.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded and transported the child to Florida Hospital where he is listed in critical condition.

Parents leave 2-year-old strapped in car seat for 8 hours April 17, 2013

TAMPA, Florida — On Tuesday evening, officials with the Florida Department of Children and Families arrived at the home where nearly 2-year-old Jadiel Rosario had been left in a vehicle for eight hours. The child is currently at Florida Hospital in critical condition.

Inside the home, the toddler’s mother, Douceaymee Alvarez, doesn’t want to talk about what’s happened with the media, but she will have to talk to state investigators who are looking for answers.

“I heard them saying the baby wasn’t breathing, so I ran up in there and I saw the baby laying on the couch and the father doing CPR,” said neighbor Sharon Scruggs.

Her neighbor is shocked at the news, saying Alvarez is a good mother who constantly dotes on her children. “She’s a good mother, very protective of those kids. I don’t understand how this could have happened. She is very protective of those kids,” said Scruggs.

Alvarez’s Facebook page displays pictures of all four of her children, ages 2, 3, 7, and 8. The father, Alexander Rosario, has a Facebook page as well.

According to the police report, the couple checked on Jadiel around noon and discovered him missing. They told police each thought the other had taken the toddler out of his car seat when they arrived home at 4 a.m. after visiting friends.

That’s when they realize their child was still in the car, eight hours later.

After visiting with the parents for about an hour Tuesday night, DCF officials leave the property, carrying a black backpack and some paperwork.

No charges have been filed, but the investigation is ongoing.

New dad showed up for child sex sting April 6, 2013

Colton Ellis was snared in a child sex sting by Daytona beach Cops on April 4, according to an arrest affidavit from the Daytona Beach Police Department.

When caught, Ellis apologized and allegedly stated, “I have a 6-week-old baby at the house, what was I thinking?”
The 20-year-old Port orange dad then told detectives, “Since you are going to look anyways, I have some weed in my car in the driver’s door.”
Post Miranda, the man allegedly told investigators that he “should have known better but was just horney,” the affidavit stated.

Ellis also brought condoms because, in his words, he had “every intention of having sex” with the child, cops said.
He is facing charges of Use of a Computer to Solicit a Child; Travel to Solicit a Child; Use of a 2-Way Communication Device to Committ a Felony.

Drunken man clocked at 127 mph on Overseas Highway — with 3 small kids in the car April 2, 2013

A Homestead man was arrested on multiple traffic related charges Saturday night on Stock Island.

Deputy   Edgar Pineiro was at the 7 mile marker of the highway at 11 p.m. when the maroon Mitsubishi sped by him at 87 miles an hour in a 55 mile per hour zone. The deputy then used his rear radar to continue monitoring the car’s speed as he called for deputies south of him to watch for it. He saw the car’s speed increase, eventually reaching 127 miles per hour.

Sgt. Geni Hernandez stopped the vehicle at the 5.5 mile marker on Stock Island. She asked the driver, 46 year old Robert Rioseco, to step out. She also noticed there were three small children in the car.

The officers noticed signs that Rioseco was impaired. He smelled of alcohol, and his behavior was extremely erratic. He was sometimes calm, and other times agitated at one point acting as if he were going to attack and strike Sgt. Hernandez.

Rioseco was arrested and taken to jail. Once at the jail, he appeared to have trouble walking. He loudly refused to participate in sobriety exercises, swearing at Deputy Piniero and corrections officers.

Rioseco was charged with reckless driving, three counts of driving under the influence with someone under the age of 18 in the car, refusing to submit to a DUI test and three counts cruelty toward a child.

The children were turned over to their mother.

Dad accused of leaving daughter, 4, home alone 8-hours daily — for months March 27, 2013

She is only 4-years-old but she had the whole house to herself.

Port St. Lucie dad, Curtis Lee Larmore, 26, allegedly had been leaving his daughter, 4, home all alone from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday for — three months, reports TCpalm.com in Stuart.

The house was filthy and smelled of cat urine. Plus a knife, scissors and a small torch were left where the little girl could access them — along with an in-ground pool, according to the report.