1-year-old thrown from 2nd story window during custody battle in Tarpon Springs

Garrett Phillips
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TAMPA (WFLA) – A Tarpon Springs man has been charged with custody interference and child neglect after the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said he threw a one-year-old out of a second-story window during a custody dispute on Sunday.

Around 5 p.m. on Jan. 14, investigators say 20-year-old Cadrum Coleman was in a verbal fight with an unidentified woman over the custody of their shared children.

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During the argument, Coleman reportedly took the child and threw him out of the second-story window of the apartment to someone waiting below, saying “Catch the kid,” according to witness testimony.

The child was caught by the individual waiting below and was unharmed. Witnesses said they saw a woman put the child into a vehicle belonging to Coleman’s sister, according to the affidavit.

Coleman fled the residence with the child but was located a short time later at Coleman’s mother’s home, per detectives. The sheriff’s office said Coleman has not completed the necessary steps to prove he is the children’s father.

Coleman was arrested on Monday, Jan. 15, on one count of interference with custody and one count of child neglect without injury and is being held at the Land O’ Lakes Detention Center.

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