Teacher accused of throwing a student April 26, 2013

BRADENTON, FL – Students who attend Horizons Academy in Bradenton are the ones singled out for special attention because of behavior problems. But Manatee County deputies say one of the teachers, Colby Cadwell, had behavior issues of his own.

Deputies said on Tuesday, Cadwell noticed a 13-year-old boy acting like he was going to hit someone. “And that’s when the teacher came up to him and grabbed him, threw him down, and then actually picked him up and physically threw him out of the room out into the grassy area outside the classroom” said Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer David Bristow. He says a security camera caught Cadwell hurling the 90 pound student, at least 10 feet.

Cadwell’s Facebook page shows he is a 5th grade teacher at Horizons.

A Manatee County schools spokesman tells me, he started as a teacher’s aide in 2007, and began at horizons 3 years ago.

A neighbor of Cadwell, Phyllis Cooley told me how she’d react if it were her child. ’Probably can’t say it here but I’d raise hell and put a jack under it. Yeah. I would. Not my kid. But I wouldn’t expect my kid to do that either.

Another neighbor has sympathy for teachers. ”Teachers nowadays are put in a rock and hard spot. They can’t touch the kids. The kids could verbally, physically abuse the teacher and the teachers seem like they don’t have any recourse” said Jordan Prior.

Deputies say Cadwell apologized, saying he should have grabbed the kid by the arm. ”There’s certain protocol you have to follow in a classroom and this goes way beyond that,” said the Sheriff spokesman, David Bristow.

Cadwell is charged with felony child abuse.

Florida school board employee arrested for video voyeurism

POLK COUNTY, FL – A Hillsborough County School employee is under arrest tonight in Polk County, charged with video voyeurism.

Polk  Sheriff Grady Judd says Dewey Norris,51, used a video camera, disguised  to look like a pen to record nude images of girls in his home.

Sheriff Judd says there were four victims between the ages of 14 and 19 that were videotaped over a two year period.

The sheriff if not saying why the girls were in Norris’s Mulberry home, because he does not want to identify the victims.

Sheriff Judd says Norris admitted to the crime after he was arrested.

Norris worked as an air conditioning mechanic for the Hillsborough County School system since 1988.

School officials say they have no reason to believe he committed any crimes while at work.

Sheriff  Judd says the evidence is clear from the video that Norris is the  person who committed the crime, “When he would go in there with the pen  to set it up, we had perfect pictures of him and then all of sudden  there would be these children in many different stages of undress.”

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.

6-year-old Florida boy saved from gator’s grip April 22, 2013

BOYNTON  BEACH, Fla. —A 6-year-old Florida boy is safe after his father and a good  Samaritan rescued him from the jaws of an alligator.

Joey Welch says he was  ready to go canoeing with his dad near Boynton Beach, but fell near the water’s  edge.

That’s when the gator  attacked.

“So I ran in to the  water,” Joseph Welch said. “I didn’t want to play tug-of-war with the alligator.  I didn’t want to get his arm ripped out.”

Welch began fighting to  free his son from the gator’s grip.

“I’m punching the  alligator on the top of the head as hard as I could,” Welch said.

Another person saw what  was happening and also started beating the gator. Finally, it released the  6-year-old.

The boy was taken to a  hospital to be checked out. Aside from some scratches, he was fine.

Man busted after acknowledging he molested child ……. on Facebook April 21, 2013

OCALA – A 36-year-old man arrested Thursday by an Ocala police detective for sexual battery on a child younger than 12 was arrested Friday by a Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective for another sexual offense on a different victim.

Ocala police said the victim in the first case, now a teenager, told an official at the Kimberly’s Center for Child Protection that when she was about 4 or 5 she was molested by Mark L. Franklin. In a Facebook chat with Franklin, she asked him about the incident and he told her he prayed for forgiveness and was no longer a monster and was now a better person, according to reports.

Detective Jorge Fernandez developed probable cause for Franklin’s arrest.

On Thursday, Officer Joe Kelly saw Franklin at a park in northwest Ocala and took him to the police department for questioning. Franklin told Fernandez about the Facebook posting but denied molesting the girl. Franklin was arrested and was taken to the Marion County Jail.

On Friday, MCSO Detective Bobby Levay charged Franklin with two counts of sexual battery stemming from a 2005 case in which Franklin allegedly molested a girl several times from when she was about 2 or 3 until she was in seventh grade. Levay said Franklin was about 14 or 15 at the time of the first reported incidents and that when the victim was in the seventh grade, he was about 26.

Franklin denied the allegations.

Married 42-year-old blonde [✓]. Cake-flavored vodka [✓]. Sex with teens [✓] April 20, 2013

A married 42-year-old Florida woman has been  arrested after police say she had sex with two teenage boys, one of them as  young as 13 years old, as other children watched.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said  that Jeanine Shimandale, of Bradenton, is now facing four counts of lewd and  lascivious exhibition and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a  minor stemming from an incident that took place last month.

According to detectives, Shimandale had sex  with two boys ages 17 and 13 on March 11 while house-sitting in Sarasota during  Spring Break.

Another teenage boy and two girls who were  also in the house listened to and at times watched the sex acts take place,  according to sheriff’s officials.

The 42-year-old woman also allegedly bought  two bottles of cake- and cookie dough-flavored vodka for the teens, according to  an arrest affidavit cited by the Sun-Sentinel.

MyFox Tampa  Bay also reported that Mrs Shimandale allegedly  threatened to hire a hit man to kill anyone who spoke of what happened between  her and the teens.

She is being held on bonds totaling $100,500,  the Bradenton  Herald reported. Her arraignment has  been scheduled for May 11.

According to her Facebook page, Shimandale, a  Bronx, New York, native, is married and works as a manicurist.

 

Shimandle, a Bronx native, allegedly threatened to get a  hit out on anyone who spoke of what happened

Betrayed spouse: Shimandale’s husband of more than three  years, Tom, said he was shocked by the allegations against his wife

Her husband of more than three years, Tom  Shimandale, told MyFox Tampa Bay that he was completely blindsided by his wife’s  arrest.

‘I’m confused I have no idea what’s going on.  I’m shocked and I’m saddened,’ he said. ‘You think you know  somebody.’

Mr Shimandle recounted that when he met his  wife in jail following her arrest, the 42-year-old did not bother to apologize  to him for the betrayal, but begged him to bail her out in exchange for a  divorce.

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.

Man Told Police He Abused Baby Because He Enjoyed Causing Her Pain April 16, 2013

APOPKA, FL – Police have charged 23-year-old Rony Veus with  the murder of his 1-year-old daughter, saying that he admitted to abusing his  daughter because he liked to cause her pain.

Police responding to a home after a 911 call about a girl who wasn’t  breathing, found Veus performing CPR on  his daughter. He told them he found her not breathing and unconscious.

The infant was rushed to the hospital where she remained in a coma with  bleeding on the brain until Saturday when the girl died. Staff told  investigators that they suspected the girl had been abused, so investigators  interviewed Veus.

During this interview, Veus admitted  he has thoughts of harming his daughter and feels relieved when he causes her  pain or discomfort. He said he’s acted on these thoughts by pulling her hair,  pushing her down, forcing her to eat cinnamon, and burning her with a cigar.

Veus also told police he suffers from depression and schizophrenia and he  needs mental help. Veus’ mother said she never thought her son could abuse  his daughter, but had suspected something was going on.

“I asked him ‘what’s going on?’ He said he don’t know. I said ‘what did you  do with the baby I see something on her feet?’ He say he don’t know,” said  Maritelle Thelemaque.

Initially arrested and charged with aggravated battery on a child, Rony Veus  is now facing murder charges.

Man found naked on top of child

WINTER  HAVEN, Fla. —A 22-year-old man was charged with sexual battery on a  victim under 12 after officials said he was found naked on top of the  victim.

Investigators said that on  Sunday the victim fell asleep and was awoken to Xavier Diaz on top of her with  his pants and boxer shorts down.

The victim was also naked  from the waist down and a caretaker was alerted to the incident when the victim  began crying, a release said.

Authorities said the  caretaker found Diaz on top of the girl and screamed for him to leave the room.   The caretaker immediately called police and the victim’s mother.

Diaz attempted to leave,  but was caught by Winter Haven police officers while driving a vehicle without a  proper tag, according to officers.  He is being held without bond in the Polk  County Jail on charges of sexual battery, driving with a suspended license and  failure to register a motor vehicle.