"A 37-year-old Florida man was arrested for throwing his five-year-old son into the Atlantic Ocean, then walking away as the boy struggled to keep his head above water. On July 15, Daytona Beach resident John Forrest Bloodsworth, 37, was charged with aggravated abuse of a child, disorderly intoxication and swimming too close to the pier. He told the police officer he was teaching his son how to swim and then said his arrest had resulted from “being totally awesome.” The boy was turned over to his mother and did not show any signs of injury.
Bloodsworth was released from the Volusia County branch jail after posting $1,500 bail the following day. He is set to be arraigned on August 7 and will be represented by a public defender....
Witness Ajla Babic told police she and her family were on the pier watching Bloodsworth and his son, who were only about 40 feet away. As the boy struggled to swim to shore and his head bobbed up and down in the waves, Bloodsworth was seen leaving and heard screaming, “Go back!”
Bloodsworth then climbed the steps to the pier and illegally jumped off. After hitting the water, witnesses said he’d swim over to his son, throw him back out into the rough surf, and start screaming that the little boy needed to learn how to swim. Bloodsworth did this several times."
John Bloodsworth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com
Bloodsworth was released from the Volusia County branch jail after posting $1,500 bail the following day. He is set to be arraigned on August 7 and will be represented by a public defender....
Witness Ajla Babic told police she and her family were on the pier watching Bloodsworth and his son, who were only about 40 feet away. As the boy struggled to swim to shore and his head bobbed up and down in the waves, Bloodsworth was seen leaving and heard screaming, “Go back!”
Bloodsworth then climbed the steps to the pier and illegally jumped off. After hitting the water, witnesses said he’d swim over to his son, throw him back out into the rough surf, and start screaming that the little boy needed to learn how to swim. Bloodsworth did this several times."
John Bloodsworth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com
