Two Florida women have been accused of drunkenly tossing a baby back and forth “like a toy” outside a bar – and possibly breaking his arm.
Brianna Lafoe, 19, and Sierrah Newell, 20, were arrested around 1 a.m. Thursday after police responded to the Coyote Ugly Saloon on Seabreeze Boulevard in Daytona Beach, WESH reported.
A witness who recorded a video of the shocking incident told police that two flustered women threw the child and flipped him over outside the waterhole, according to the outlet, which cited an arrest affidavit.
They tossed the baby back and forth “like a toy” for a distance of about 4 feet, according to the document.
Newell, who was on crutches, threatened to beat up people who pleaded for the woman to stop abusing the child, police said.
“He started throwing the baby up and down very aggressively,” witness Jahada Rasheed told WESH.
Two Florida women face child abuse charges after they were caught on video allegedly tossing a baby outside a bar.Crazy John’s Recreational Cannabis via FOX 25 Orlando
The women are accused of dumping the child outside the Coyote Ugly Saloon in Daytona Beach.Crazy John’s Recreational Cannabis via FOX 35 Orlando
While holding the baby, Newell walked up to the person filming him and allegedly hit him.
“Then he put the baby upside down. It’s like holding on. This has gone too far,” Rasheed told the outlet.
Meanwhile, Lafoe also flipped the baby over by his ankle and tried to hit the woman with one of Newell’s canes, according to the affidavit.
He also “actually and intentionally struck (the woman who was initially filming) on the right arm with an open hand,” police said in the affidavit, according to Fox 35 Orlando.
Brianna LafoeVolusia County Sheriff’s Office
Sierrah NewellVolusia County Sheriff’s Office
The baby was taken to Halifax Health “with a red mark on his back.” X-rays revealed marks on his arm that “could indicate a broken arm,” the affidavit said.
The redacted document does not reveal who the baby belonged to, but Newell’s mother was at the scene during the incident and the Department of Children and Families is investigating whether she can take custody of the child, according to Fox 35.
The child has been released from the hospital, police said.
The Coyote Ugly Saloon in Datona Beach. Coyote Ugly Saloon Daytona Beach/Facebook
Lafoe and Newell are charged with felony child abuse. Lafoe was also charged with battery and is being held on $3,500 bond. Newell has reportedly been released.
“It really breaks your heart to see a little kid go through something like that,” Shawn Knapp, a manager at nearby Crazy John’s Recreational Cannabis shop, told the outlet.
He said he believed the incident would have been worse had the public not intervened.
“That’s what we need in all communities, right?” he told Fox 35. “We need people to look out for each other regardless of age.”
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