FL - Family of 4 charged with abusing 9 adopted and foster children - COLUMBIA COUNTY, July 2025

[Clearsky]

4 adults accused of child abuse in Columbia County; children locked in beds, vinegar sprayed in their faces: CCSO

Four adults were accused of extreme child abuse, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.

www.news4jax.com

Dallin Russell Griffeth was charged with one count of felony aggravated child abuse.

Jill Griffeth was charged with three counts of felony aggravated child abuse.

Brian Matthew Griffeth was charged with one count of felony aggravated child abuse.

Liberty Griffeth was charged with one count of felony aggravated child abuse.

 

[The Zookeeper]

Words escape me. Those poor children.

 

[LadyL]

4 adults accused of child abuse in Columbia County; children locked in beds, vinegar sprayed in their faces: CCSO

Four adults were accused of extreme child abuse, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.

www.news4jax.com

Dallin Russell Griffeth was charged with one count of felony aggravated child abuse.

Jill Griffeth was charged with three counts of felony aggravated child abuse.

Brian Matthew Griffeth was charged with one count of felony aggravated child abuse.

Liberty Griffeth was charged with one count of felony aggravated child abuse.

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Dallin looks like he thinks his arrest is hilarious. Maybe he won't mind when someone sprays vinegar in his face in jail.

 

[Knox]

Officials were alerted that something was off when one of the children showed up at a church camp with a taser.

Family of 4 accused of caging up and sexually abusing adopted, foster children

A family of four is accused of caging up and sexually abusing foster children in Florida, according to authorities.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

Lock them all up, hard to believe thier two kids also participated. Look at the smirk on the 21 year- old's face, infuriating!!!

 

[tlcya]

why are the adult children smirking in their mugshots?

 

[The Zookeeper]

why are the adult children smirking in their mugshots?

Smirking can indicate that someone thinks they are “smarter” or “superior.” It can also mean that they feel contempt. Smirking can also be an attempt to cover rage that a person is feeling.

 

[tlcya]

Dallin Griffeth

Brian and Jill Joint FB

Officials uncovered the brutal treatment of the children inside a mobile home in Fort White, Florida on July 3, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Florida Griffeth family caged adopted and foster children, sprayed vinegar in their faces as 9 kids rescued from home: cops

 

[The Zookeeper]

DBM - Duplicate

 

[nao]

Moo...maybe the adult kids were raised that way and think..no big deal... moo

 

[nao]

Moo..so many foster parents with crap child rearing understanding. Maybe foster parents should be made to do a course on parenting and at the least...checks on the foster children. They do get $ to foster so of course there are people who just do it for $.....moo

 

[tlcya]

I am a bit worried their motivations maybe ran deeper than just foster or adoption stipends. In some articles the 5 bio children weren't subjected to the abuse the adopted ones were. It is said in some articles that the adopted ones had to do all the chores and faced being caged and otherwise abused while the bios sat around playing video games with their feet up, not a care in the world.

I wonder about another possible motivator that would make this couple think it is okay to basically enslave the adopted children. But since I haven't found anything to back it up in MSM I can only speculate for now. I will just say this case kind of reminds me of
WV - Donald Lantz Jeanne Whitefeather charged after adoptive children found locked in filthy barn room - October 3, 2023

I hope that is not the case here but worry it may factor in.

 

[tlcya]

LAKE CITY, Fla. (Court TV) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Florida family accused of treating children like slaves after investigators determined the initial complaints were nothing more than “salacious gossip.”
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prosecutors said that the Griffeth family’s defense presented “copious evidence” that the child in question had a history of violence against other children, adults and animals and has since been removed from the family home.
Charges dropped against family accused of treating children like slaves

I hope that child gets the extensive care and psychological support they so obviously need if they indeed made all of this up against these parents.

 

[ErinC]

LAKE CITY, Fla. (Court TV) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Florida family accused of treating children like slaves after investigators determined the initial complaints were nothing more than “salacious gossip.”
[snip]
prosecutors said that the Griffeth family’s defense presented “copious evidence” that the child in question had a history of violence against other children, adults and animals and has since been removed from the family home.
Charges dropped against family accused of treating children like slaves

I hope that child gets the extensive care and psychological support they so obviously need if they indeed made all of this up against these parents.

I...would like to see some conclusive evidence that this was made up, rather than the child recanting out of fear. MOO

 

[PayrollNerd]

How does a couple with 5 bio kids, living in a 3 bed, 2 bath home, have room for 4 additional kids under the foster care system?? That seems excessive.

One little girl called her Mom and asked to come home, now is in AZ with Mom. That makes no sense if she was truly a foster child. If she complained of mistreatment, she’d go to another foster home.

There has to be a lot more to this story.