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Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Yahoo
Deltona shooting leaves 1 with gunshot wound, suspect sought
One man was shot in the stomach during an argument early July 1 in Deltona, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. The incident occurred shortly after 3 a.m. at a Flagami Terrace home. The 29-year-old victim was transported to a hospital in Orange City around 3:11 a.m. and was later transferred to a Sanford Hospital where he underwent surgery, the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post. The man suspected of shooting the victim has been identified, and deputies are "working to get him into custody," the sheriff's office said. This is a developing story and will be updated when more information becomes available. This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Deltona shooting sends man, 29, to hospital, suspect sought
Daily Mirror
26-06-2025
- Daily Mirror
Tot dies after pastor dad forgot to drop her off and left her in hot car
Rones Mota, who works as an evangelical pastor, has been arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter after leaving his three-year-old daughter Ana Liz in a hot car where temperatures soared to 50C A three-year-old girl suffered fatal heatstroke when her pastor dad forgot to drop her off at nursery and left her in a hot car eight hours. Evangelical pastor Rones Mota had forgotten to drop off his daughter Ana Liz at nursery school and left her locked in the car in Arraial, in the state of Piaui, in north-eastern Brazil, on Monday, 23rd June. Although the external temperature was a survivable 24 degrees Celsius, inside the car it had soared to a deadly nearly 50 degrees, experts estimate. Horrified Mota found Ana Liz dead in the car at 2:40 pm that day when he returned to the car to go and collect her and his eight-year-old son from school. Local media reports say Mota was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter before being released on bail. Mota blamed her death on a mix-up over the school run. He told police he normally dropped off Ana Liz at nursery first and then drove his son to school. His lawyer, Dr Airiston Leite Ayres, said that this time his son needed to be at school early and then he forgot that Ana Liz was still in the car. Floriano Police Chief Amanda Estevam told local media: "Witnesses report that the father entered the church, with his daughter in his arms, in a state of despair over what had happened." She added: "Although it is clear that he had no intention of causing any harm to his daughter, what happened constitutes a breach of duty of care, and is being investigated as negligent homicide." She also said that the pastor should not be held in preventive detention, since the crime was negligent and he did not avoid being held accountable. If he is convicted, he could face a sentence of one to three years in prison. The judge may also decide not to apply the sentence if he considers that the father has already been sufficiently punished for the impact of the tragedy on his own life, according to local media. It comes after an 18-month-old baby boy died in the same circumstances in the US while his dad allegedly spent time getting a haircut and grabbing a pint. Scott Gardner was arrested on June 19 and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm, over the heartbreaking incident which took place on June 6. According to a joint probe by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and the Ormond Beach Police Department, Gardner, 33, left his toddler son, Sebastian Gardner, alone in the backseat of a pickup truck around 11:30 a.m.
USA Today
25-06-2025
- USA Today
His dad went to a bar. He died in a hot car. Father charged in 18-month-old son's death
A Florida man who law enforcement said left his child in a hot car for hours while he said he went to a barbershop and a bar has been arrested in connection to the toddler's death. Scott Allen Gardner, 33, remained jailed on June 25 charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm after the death of his 18-month-old son Sebastian, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office reported. The Ormond Beach father left his son in a child seat in the back of his vehicle for about three hours in the middle of the day on June 6 when the temperature reached around 90 degrees, officer wrote in the affidavit obtained by the Daytona Beach News-Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network. The toddler was left in his father's truck while his dad, court papers show, got a haircut and visited visited Hanky Panky's Lounge in Ormond Beach for beers and shots. The beach is directly north of Daytona Beach. According to a charging affidavit in the case, the boy had been dead for at least an hour by the time he was taken to a hospital. Officials said the father told them he left Sebastian in the back seat with the windows down and only a small battery-operated fan pointed at the child. Gardner said he did not leave the air conditioner running in the vehicle and there is no indication he checked on the child, the affidavit reads. The child was pronounced deceased at AdventHealth Daytona Beach. Officials: Sebastian Gardner's temperature reached 111 degrees During the investigation, Gardner lied about what took place that day, according to a release from the sheriff's office. "He said the windows were down, but he's a lying sack of (expletive) on a lot of other stuff," Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said during a press conference. Medical personnel estimated Sebastian's body temperature reached 111 degrees during the tragedy the Ormond Beach Police Department also responded to. "The same OBPD officer who tried to revive Sebastian placed Gardner in handcuffs today as he was taken into custody at his mother's home in Ormond Beach," the sheriff's office wrote in the day of his June 19 arrest. Lightning hits group: 20 people struck by single lightning bolt in South Carolina Gardner's attorney: 'A difficult situation' On June 24, a judge ordered Gardner be held without bail during a pretrial detention hearing. Assistant State Attorney Andrew Urbanak asked to keep Gardner in jail while his case goes through the court system after Detective Shon McGuire testified Gardner had threatened to beat up or punch the doctor who informed him that his son was dead. McGuire also said Gardner made suicidal statements at the hospital witnessed by law enforcement and medical staff which led to Gardner being Baker Acted − which allows for someone to be involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluation. However, McGuire said Gardner was checked out and released from a Baker Act facility later that same day. After Gardner was released, the detective testified, the defendant went to Hanky Panky's to continue drinking. McGuire also said Gardner had asked a friend for help in getting out of the country. Gardner's attorney, Assistant Public Defender Larry Avallone, said Gardner and his mother were drinking together at Hanky Panky's hours after the boy died and was brought to the hospital, the affidavit stated. The lawyer said Gardner reacted at the hospital like someone going through a difficult situation. If convicted, prosecutors said Gardner faces a prison sentence of up to 45 years. It was not immediately known when Gardner is due in court again. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund.
USA Today
25-06-2025
- USA Today
His dad went to a bar. He died in a hot car. Man charged 18-month-old son's death
A Florida man who law enforcement said left his child in a hot car for hours while he said he went to a barbershop and a bar has been arrested in connection to the toddler's death. Scott Allen Gardner, 33, remained jailed on June 25 charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm after the death of his 18-month-old son Sebastian, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office reported. The Ormond Beach father left his son in a child seat in the back of his vehicle for about three hours in the middle of the day on June 6 when the temperature reached around 90 degrees, officer wrote in the affidavit obtained by the Daytona Beach News-Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network. The toddler was left in his father's truck while his dad, court papers show, got a haircut and visited visited Hanky Panky's Lounge in Ormond Beach for beers and shots. The beach is directly north of Daytona Beach. According to a charging affidavit in the case, the boy had been dead for at least an hour by the time he was taken to a hospital. Officials said the father told them he left Sebastian in the back seat with the windows down and only a small battery-operated fan pointed at the child. Gardner said he did not leave the air conditioner running in the vehicle and there is no indication he checked on the child, the affidavit reads. The child was pronounced deceased at AdventHealth Daytona Beach. Officials: Sebastian Gardner's temperature reached 111 degrees During the investigation, Gardner lied about what took place that day, according to a release from the sheriff's office. "He said the windows were down, but he's a lying sack of (expletive) on a lot of other stuff," Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said during a press conference. Medical personnel estimated Sebastian's body temperature reached 111 degrees during the tragedy the Ormond Beach Police Department also responded to. "The same OBPD officer who tried to revive Sebastian placed Gardner in handcuffs today as he was taken into custody at his mother's home in Ormond Beach," the sheriff's office wrote in the day of his June 19 arrest. Lightning hits group: 20 people struck by single lightning bolt in South Carolina Gardner's attorney: 'A difficult situation' On June 24, a judge ordered Gardner be held without bail during a pretrial detention hearing. Assistant State Attorney Andrew Urbanak asked to keep Gardner in jail while his case goes through the court system after Detective Shon McGuire testified Gardner had threatened to beat up or punch the doctor who informed him that his son was dead. McGuire also said Gardner made suicidal statements at the hospital witnessed by law enforcement and medical staff which led to Gardner being Baker Acted − which allows for someone to be involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluation. However, McGuire said Gardner was checked out and released from a Baker Act facility later that same day. After Gardner was released, the detective testified, the defendant went to Hanky Panky's to continue drinking. McGuire also said Gardner had asked a friend for help in getting out of the country. Gardner's attorney, Assistant Public Defender Larry Avallone, said Gardner and his mother were drinking together at Hanky Panky's hours after the boy died and was brought to the hospital, the affidavit stated. The lawyer said Gardner reacted at the hospital like someone going through a difficult situation. If convicted, prosecutors said Gardner faces a prison sentence of up to 45 years. It was not immediately known when Gardner is due in court again. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund.
New York Post
20-06-2025
- New York Post
Florida dad left toddler son to die in hot car for 3 hours as he got haircut, went drinking at bar: police
A Florida dad is accused of leaving his helpless toddler to die inside his hot car for hours while he got a haircut and stopped to grab a drink at a bar in blazing temperatures. Scott Allen Gardner, 33, allegedly locked his 18-month-old son, Sebastian, inside his sweltering truck when he freshened up his 'do and stopped at Hanky Panky's Lounge in Ormond Beach, Florida, on June 6, police said. The unaccompanied tot was left inside the blistering heat of the vehicle for over three hours as temperatures outside reached 92 degrees, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. 5 Scott Allen Gardner is escorted by Florida police officers during his arrest on June 19, 2025. Volusia Sheriff's Office Medical examiners estimate the baby's body temperature reached a deadly 111 degrees as he sat in the truck. Law enforcement agents performed life-saving measures on Sebastian, but the baby ultimately succumbed to his injuries. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office alleges Gardner is responsible for little Sebastian's death as he enjoyed a day in the Ormond-by-the-Sea neighborhood, eight miles north of Daytona Beach. The heartless father allegedly gave multiple false accounts to police of the events leading up to his son's death, the sheriff's office said. Gardner was arrested on Thursday after police tracked him down to his mother's home in Ormond Beach. 5 Gardner was booked into Volusia County Jail and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm. Volusia Sheriff's Office 5 Hanky Panky's Lounge where Gardner went drinking, leaving his son outside in his truck. Fox35 Gardner was booked into Volusia County Jail and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm. He was handed a $100,000 bond. Bodycam footage from the sheriff's office captured the moment the deadbeat dad was detained inside an enclosed porch on the property. 'The same OBPD officer who tried to revive Sebastian placed Gardner in handcuffs today as he was taken into custody at his mother's home in Ormond Beach,' the sheriff's office said. 5 Bodycam footage from the sheriff's office captured the moment the deadbeat dad was detained inside an enclosed porch on the property. Volusia Sheriff's Office 5 Gardner is searched before being placed in the back of a cop car during his arrest. Volusia Sheriff's Office As Gardner was led away from the home, two unidentified people called out to the suspected killer, saying they loved him. 'I love you guys,' Gardner replied before one of the officers told him, 'Say goodbye, because you're not going to come back here again.'
