Florida DUI Suspect Drops Baby and Toddler in Gator Swamp
Drone footage showed the suspect falling repeatedly as officers rescued the children and charged him with 11 offenses, including child abuse and DUI.
- Isaac Kinsey, 27, allegedly drove impaired on Highway 33 in Lakeland before crashing his vehicle and fleeing into a nearby swamp with a 2-year-old and 10-month-old.
- The Lakeland Police Department reported Kinsey hit sandbags after ignoring a road-closed sign, causing the vehicle to roll over and leaving two empty car seats inside.
- Drone footage captured Kinsey stumbling through the dark swamp around 30 minutes after the crash, with the children becoming submerged in standing water as officers searched amid alligator concerns.
- Officers rescued both children, who were examined at Lakeland Regional Health and released, while Kinsey was arrested and charged with 11 offenses including two counts of negligent child abuse with great bodily harm.
- Lakeland Police Chief Sammy Taylor described the incident as disturbing, saying the children were handled "like a doll he was throwing around, and several times they went underneath the water." Kinsey is held at Polk County Jail without bail.
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Terrifying drone footage has captured a Florida father throwing his two children into an alligator-infested swamp while trying to escape police. The incident occurred when 27-year-old Isaac Kinsey crashed his car into a "road closed" sign and ended up at a construction site while under the influence of alcohol. According to the Lakeland Police Department, Kinsey left the scene with his two children, ages 2 and 10 months, with him.
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Lakeland Police said officers had responded to the single-vehicle crash on Sept. 9 and discovered the driver had gone through a road-closure sign and sandbags before entering a construction area in what appeared to be a rollover crash.
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The Independent (US)Drunk driving suspect carries his kids into gator-infested swamp as he flees cops
A DUI suspect dropped his young children in an alligator-infested swamp as he attempted to evade police in Florida. Isaac Kinsey, 27, rolled his car while being pursued by police in Lakeland before leaping into nearby water with a two-year-old and a baby in tow. At one point, a police drone captured Kinsey leaving the toddler behind and falling into the water with the 10-month-old in his arms. The children were taken to hospital and have been su…
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