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Two women were arrested after allegedly THROWING a baby back and forth "like a toy” while drunk outside a bar — and potentially breaking his arm.
Brianna Lafoe, 19, and Sierrah Newell, 20, were arrested around 1am by cops at the Coyote Ugly Saloon in Daytona Beach after horrified onlookers intervened.
One eye-witness claimed that the two drunken women threw the child and flipped him upside down outside the bar - and tossed the tot back and forth as if it was a toy over a distance of about 4 feet.
Newell, 20, who was on crutches, threatened to strike bystanders who begged the women to stop abusing the child, police said.
“She started throwing the baby up and down a little too aggressively,” witness Jahada Rasheed.
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Brianna Lafoe was charged with child abuse and battery over the incident (Volusia County Sheriffs Office)
Sierrah Newell was charged with child abuse over the incident (Volusia County Sheriffs Office)The affidavit says witnesses watched as Newell sat on the ground while Lafoe was aggressively swinging the baby up and down, the affidavit states.
Lafoe allegedly held the baby upside down and shook him by his ankles over hard concrete. She also "actually and intentionally struck (the woman who was initially recording) on the right arm with an open hand," police said.
Lafoe and Newell were charged with felony child abuse. Lafoe also was charged with battery and held on $3,500 bond. Newell has allegedly been released.
“It really breaks your heart to see a little one go through something like that,” Shawn Knapp, a manager at the nearby Crazy John’s Recreational Cannabis store, told Fox 35.
The video was captured on a security camera of a next-door business (Fox35)Chillingly, he said he thought the incident could have been worse if courageous bystanders had not intervened.
“That’s what we need in all communities, right?” he added. “We need people to watch out for each other no matter what age.”
The baby was transported to a nearby hospital where medical professionals found red marks on his back and a possible broken arm.
The redacted affidavit has not identified the parents but reports that Newell's mother was on the scene during the incident and the Department of Children and Families is conducting a background check to see if she can take custody of the child.