Florida Father ‘Hurled 10-Year-Old Daughter From Car on Deadly Highway After Pair Got Into Late-Night Bust-Up’
Hector Serrano is accused of pushing his 10-year-old daughter out of his car on a busy Florida road and telling her to walk home.
Aug. 6 2024, Published 7:00 a.m. ET
A dad in Florida has been arrested after authorities say he allegedly kicked his 10-year-old daughter out of his car onto a busy road and told her to walk to her grandparents’ house miles away, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez told WOFL, just after midnight on July 30, residents started calling 911 after seeing a man, later identified as 30-year-old Hector Luis Serrano, pushing a 10-year-old girl from his car on U.S. 192 – a busy tourist area not far from Disney World, Front Page Detectives reported.
In December 1989, Ruth Buchanan was struck by a vehicle that ran a red light, police said.
Lopez said: “It’s a very heavily traveled roadway. Very touristy. Pretty dangerous. We get a lot of pedestrians hit by vehicles in that area.”
The residents immediately went to the little girl to make sure she was safe, police said. She was understandably scared.
The baby's mother told police the baby was having seizures before bringing her to the hospital.
Lopez told WOFL: “She was distraught at the time. She was crying, she was confused. You know, she’s a 10-year-old little girl. It’s after midnight hours and it’s dark. This type of behavior is unacceptable. I don’t know if this guy ever saw the Little Red Riding Hood story. There’s wolves out there and there’s predators out there that prey on children.”
Officials said they were quickly able to find Serrano and they arrested him.
The mom and the boyfriend were arrested for abuse of the children, officials said.
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Serrano was cooperative with police, allegedly telling deputies that the girl’s grandparents, who have custody of her, had threatened to call police if he didn’t return her to them.
Lopez said the father allegedly told the little girl: “‘You know what, why don’t you walk to your grandparents?’”
It would have been about a 20-minute walk to the grandparents’ home, authorities said.
Lopez said: “For a 10-year-old girl, it’s dangerous.”
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Authorities say four jail security guards have been arrested as suspects in the alleged contraband smuggling scheme.
Serrano was charged with child neglect without great bodily harm, police said.
Deputies took the girl back to her grandparents’ house.
Lopez said he is hoping Serrano can get the therapy he needs while in jail and he should have just dropped his daughter off at the grandparents’ house.
Added Lopez: “You don’t just drop a child off in the middle of the road and expect her to walk home and point your finger and give direction. That’s shameful.”
Serrano was booked into the Osceola County Jail and was being held on a $2,500 bond.
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