Volusia County Man Arrested After Leaving 2-Year-Old Roadside, Deputies Say
DOTHAN, ALABAMA, JUL 14 – John Frank Gibson faces misdemeanor charges after leaving a child under 5 unattended in his SUV while drinking and dining, police said the child was unharmed.
- On July 13, 2025, John Frank Gibson was arrested in Dothan, Alabama, on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child, and officers booked him into the Houston County Jail, Dothan police said.
- According to an investigation report, Gibson left the child in his SUV while drinking at a bar late Saturday into early Sunday, and officers were called around 2 a.m. after witnesses reported seeing the child alone in the SUV; Scott Owens confirmed these reports.
- According to authorities, the child emerged unharmed and entered state custody, and Scott Owens, public information officer for Dothan Police Department, said, `'He was pretty highly intoxicated.'`
- First Baptist Church of Dothan said it has parted ways with Gibson since his arrest, and he was released on a $500 bond, according to Scott Owens, Dothan Police Department records.
- Charged with endangering the welfare of a child, Gibson faces a misdemeanor, police said, in Dothan near the Georgia and Florida state lines.
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Dothan pastor arrested on child endangerment charges
DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- A now former associate pastor at a large Dothan church was arrested early Sunday morning after Dothan police investigators claimed he left a young child alone to drink in a bar. Dothan Police Lt. Scott Owens confirmed that John Frank Gibson was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Lt. Owens tells WDHN that officers were called to a bar in the 2800 block of Ross Clark Circle at a…
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