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Family Seeks Answers After Son’s Neck Slashed in Daytona Beach by Man Recently Released From Jail

Jermaine Lynn Long faces felony aggravated battery after slashing a 13-year-old boy's neck in a random attack, with doctors saying the victim would have died if injured deeper.

  • On Saturday, a 13-year-old boy, Sullivan `Sully` Clarke, was randomly attacked and slashed near the Slingshot ride on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk around 10 p.m., suffering a severe neck wound.
  • Following the arrest, the family learned Long is a registered sex offender with a criminal history involving drugs and battery, and he had been released four days earlier.
  • The teen received 13 stitches after being rushed to the hospital, and medical staff told the family the blade missed a fatal strike by about one millimeter.
  • Long faces aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charges, is held without bond at Volusia County Jail, and is scheduled to appear in court on March 10.
  • The Clarke family returned home to Delray Beach to focus on recovery and urged Long be kept behind bars, while police plan a 24-hour patrol by April and the family likely will not return to Daytona soon.
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The Free Press (Tampa) broke the news in Tampa, United States on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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