Florida man drops young boy from hotel balcony hours after drunken meeting his mom at the pool and offering to 'scare him a little bit'
A Florida man dropped a four-year-old from a balcony just hours after meeting his mom and offering to 'scare him a little bit,' according to police.
Brandon Gilmore, 31, was arrested in on Saturday after he allegedly dangled the child off a second-story balcony at the Sandlewood Resort in Daytona Beach.
Gilmore told police he met the boy's mom just five hours before and had been drinking all day by the pool, per an arrest affidavit obtained by DailyMail.com.
The woman supposedly invited Gilmore to her room as they planned to get a piercing later that day.
But Gilmore then said he was going to take the boy outside to play and 'scare him a little bit,' he told police.
Brandon Gilmore, 31, was arrested in on Saturday after he allegedly dangled the child off a second-story balcony at the Sandlewood Resort in Daytona Beach
Police say Gilmore then went outside and dangled the boy by his legs over the balcony.
Witnesses said they heard the boy screaming before he was dropped headfirst.
Dasanni Bentley told WESH: 'He was just like swinging in, playing with them... And 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.'
The mom, who has not been named by police, reportedly picked the boy up and took him back to the room.
Police then arrived to the scene and the boy was taken to Halifax Medical Center.
Witnesses said they heard the boy screaming before he was dropped headfirst. The hotel balcony is pictured above
Gilmore is charged with felony aggravated child abuse and remains in jail without bail
He has since been discharged and was not seriously injured, authorities said.
Police were able to obtain security footage that they say shows Gilmore dropping the boy over the balcony.
The affidavit reads: 'Officers observed Gilbert carrying the child to the balcony and holding the child by one leg, with his head positioned to the ground, then proceeding to drop him from the second floor balcony.'
Gilmore is charged with felony aggravated child abuse and remains in jail without bail.
He has previously been arrested over marijuana possession and for driving with a suspended license, according to public records.
