US EditionFlorida Tow Truck Driver Accused of Driving Off with 4-Year-Old Girl Still Inside Vehicle
Sergio Suarez faces child neglect charges after towing a car with a 4-year-old inside, who sustained minor injuries, police said.
- On Sunday, Sergio Suarez, 34, tow truck driver, towed a parked car with a 4-year-old girl inside in Sunrise, Florida, as security footage captured the white tow truck speeding away.
- The car had been parked for about two minutes before being hooked as Suarez and his attorney say he checked the vehicle three times and had a spotter, a version disputed by video and the judge.
- Surveillance footage shows the tow truck lifting and towing the car while the girl's father banged on the window and chased the truck, and the child then fell onto West Oakland Park Boulevard with minor injuries.
- In court, Sergio Suarez was charged with neglect of a child without great bodily harm, and Broward Circuit Judge Corey Friedman set his bond at $10,000 with no-contact and driving restrictions; Suarez bonded out Monday night.
- Officers contacted his employer, All‑Ways Towing, to get Suarez to return; the arrest report says his failure to inspect created a foreseeable risk, the company has not commented, and detectives remain active.
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Tow truck driver allegedly towed car with child inside, who falls out of vehicle
Sergio Suarez, 34, was arrested and charged with child neglect without great bodily harm, per court documents. Sunrise Police Department (SUNRISE, Fla.) — A Florida man is charged with a felony after allegedly towing a car with a 4-year-old girl inside Sunday, who then fell out of the vehicle and onto the road. The tow truck driver, Sergio Suarez, 34, can be seen in a video driving away from the Bistro Creole restaurant in Sunrise, Florida, wher…
Florida tow truck driver accused of driving off with 4-year-old girl still inside vehicle
The report says the girl's father chased the tow truck to the main road, yelling the entire time. Seconds later, he saw his daughter fall out of the car and onto the road.
Tow truck driver jailed after taking car with girl, 4, inside ― she then fell out, Sunrise police say
A tow truck driver was arrested on a felony charge on Sunday after police said he hitched a car parked outside of a Sunrise restaurant and drove off with it, with a man’s 4-year-old daughter still inside. Authorities said the girl then promptly fell out of the moving vehicle.
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