{"id":2291533,"date":"2024-07-09T21:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T01:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-man-allegedly-drops-boy-from-hotel-balcony-wanted-to-scare-him-a-little-bit\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T21:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T01:09:48","slug":"florida-man-allegedly-drops-boy-from-hotel-balcony-wanted-to-scare-him-a-little-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-man-allegedly-drops-boy-from-hotel-balcony-wanted-to-scare-him-a-little-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Man Allegedly Drops Boy from Hotel Balcony, Wanted to &#8216;Scare Him a Little Bit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-man-allegedly-drops-boy-from-hotel-balcony-wanted-to-scare-him-a-little-bit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291533&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u200bFlorida man, Brandon Gilmore, was arrested for dropping\u2063 a \u200b4-year-old boy off a second-floor balcony at a Daytona \u200bBeach resort. Gilmore was charged with aggravated child \u2064abuse. The incident occurred\u2063 after he met \u2062the boy&#8217;s mother, and told her \u2062he would scare the boy by taking him outside to play. Witnesses saw Gilmore holding the child by his legs above the balcony before dropping him head first onto concrete. The child suffered blunt force trauma\u200d to \u2064his\u2064 head and was hospitalized but \u200clater released \u200bwithout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fast-food-fears-four-times-grab-and-go-restaurants-sent-someone-to-the-hospital-or-worse\/\" title=\"Fast-food fright: When grab-and-go eateries turned dangerous\">long-term health\u2062 issues<\/a>. Gilmore claimed they had been drinking all day before the incident. He remains \u200cin jail without bond.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 9, 2024 at 4:36pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A Florida man was arrested after police said he dropped a 4-year-old boy off of a second-floor balcony at a Daytona Beach resort on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Gilmore, 31, has been charged with aggravated child abuse, a felony, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/news\/local\/man-accused-dropping-boy-daytona-beach-hotel-balcony\/VRAPTDGJD5HZXNQF72YO7CMC34\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Gilmore told them he had met the boy\u2019s mother five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-lawmaker-denies-providing-tours-ahead-of-capitol-breach\/\" title=\"House GOP Lawmaker Denies Providing Tours Ahead of Capitol Breach\">hours earlier<\/a>, and they had talked about getting a piercing later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that prior to the incident, he told the boy\u2019s mother that he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/critical-child-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take the boy<\/a> outside to play and to \u201cscare him a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Florida Man Charged With Dropping 4-Year-Old Off Balcony Said He Wanted To \u2018Scare Him A Little\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zPdS9EBbGN\">https:\/\/t.co\/zPdS9EBbGN<\/a> \ud83d\udd17<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PerezHilton\/status\/1810800783702528429?\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gilmore said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/horrifying-2-year-old-child-dropped-border-wall-smuggler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">held the child<\/a> by his legs directly above the balcony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just like swinging in, playing with them,\u201d witness Dasanni Bentley said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/daytona-beach-child-dropped-balcony-resort\/61532722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WESH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then he let him go, and he had him by one foot. And then the kid slipped right out of him and fell directly on his head on the concrete, no grass,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>After the boy landed, \u201chis face started turning bright purple,\u201d Bentley said.<\/p>\n<p>She said Gilmore and the child\u2019s mother ran down to pick up the child and take him back to his mother\u2019s room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were just all down like all around him, trying to make sure he was OK,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople were screaming from the pool, like to not touch him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An affidavit said that video surveillance showed Gilmore holding the child by one leg and eventually dropping the child head first.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the child was rushed to the hospital as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-catfish-stabs-small-child-in-the-chest-fire-authorities-airlift-victim-to-nearby-hosptial\/\" title=\"Florida Catfish Stabs Small Child in the Chest, Fire Authorities Airlift Victim to Nearby Hosptial\">trauma alert<\/a>, reportedly suffering blunt force trauma to his head.<\/p>\n<p>The child was released from the hospital on Tuesday, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe child is doing fine and has been discharged from the hospital and is not expected to have any long-term health issues as a result of this tragic event,\u201d a Daytona police officer said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/florida-man-allegedly-dangles-drops-child-head-first-from-2-story-hotel-balcony-tragic-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gilmore told police he and the boy\u2019s mother had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-convicted-child-abuse-waitress-noticed-something-odd-showed-secret-note-young-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drinking<\/a> all day by the pool, according to the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13615557\/Florida-man-drops-boy-hotel-balcony-daytona.html?ico=related-replace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gilmore remains in jail without bond.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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Witnesses saw him holding the child by one leg before dropping him head first onto concrete. The child suffered head trauma but has since been released from the hospital. Gilmore remains in jail without bond. The incident occurred after Gilmore and the boy&#8217;s mother had been drinking by the pool all day. 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