Man Arrested Over 900 Miles Away After Abandoning 13-Day-Outdated Child in Snow

A Virginia man was arrested in one other state earlier this week after allegedly assaulting and strangling the mom of his little one earlier than abandoning their new child child within the snow and fleeing to Florida.

Darvin Flores Caballeros, 20, was taken into custody in Santa Rosa Seaside, Florida, on Thursday, Feb. 20, amid a “felony cease.” He faces expenses of malicious wounding, strangulation, two counts of kid endangerment, assault and battery on a member of the family, petit larceny, and an emergency protecting order, in accordance with a information launch from the Walton County Sheriff’s Workplace.

The workplace, which shared the data on X, revealed that the suspect had “lively warrants” from the Fairfax County Police Division in Virginia stemming from the alleged Feb. 12 home assault, throughout which he was accused of assaulting the mom of his little one and abandoning his 13-day-old child.

Per the workplace’s investigation, Caballeros is accused of dropping his little one and assaulting and strangling the infant’s mom throughout a struggle. He then allegedly fled the scene on foot with the infant.

A “good Samaritan” later found the infant in a pile of snow, whereas the sufferer was “hospitalized with severe accidents after the assault,” in accordance with the WCSO.

WCSO deputies ultimately arrested Caballeros a little bit over per week later, round 11 a.m. native time on Thursday, after they performed a “felony cease” and located that he was the passenger in a car.

A picture shared by the workplace exhibits Caballeros on the bottom and surrounded by authorities exterior of a parked car, as the driving force has their fingers up.

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As of Thursday night time, the suspect was taken to Walton County Jail and was awaiting extradition. Based on inmate info from the Walton County Jail’s web site, Caballeros initially appeared in court docket just about on Friday morning, the place he was been charged as an “out-of-state fugitive.”

There’s at present no bond info listed for him and he stays “in custody” on the jail as of Saturday, whereas it’s unclear if he has retained an lawyer. The WCSO didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for additional info on Feb. 22.

As authorities be aware, his expenses observe Virginia State Statute, which means they could be worded otherwise than what his expenses would’ve been in Florida, the place he was arrested. Per the WCSO, the fees nonetheless “mirror severe expenses of aggravated battery, aggravated little one abuse, and false imprisonment.”

Santa Rosa Seaside, Florida — the place the suspect was taken into custody — is over 900 miles south of Fairfax County in Virginia.

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