Sentenced: Florida Man Threw 10YO Daughter From Truck, Told Her To Walk Home Late At Night

[Sugar Cookie]

According to a report from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy responded to the area of Scott Blvd. and West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday for reports of an unattended child.

The deputy arrived to find the “visibly distraught” girl actively crying.

In their report, the deputy wrote that the girl was “very frantic” and immediately ran up to their patrol car.

Deputies say the girl told them she was walking to her grandparents’ house after her father, later identified as 30-year-old Hector Serrano, Jr., took her cell phone and dropped her off in the area of Scott Blvd. and Cane Island Loop.

The report says the deputy next began questioning witnesses after the girl became increasingly distraught and was no longer able to provide additional information.

According to the sheriff’s office, one witness described seeing Serrano “throw” the girl and her belongings out of his truck near Scott Blvd. and Cane Island Loop before speeding away towards Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway.

The witness said some of the items Serrano threw even hit the girl and that she was visibly upset and crying when he left her.

A second witness also claimed to see Serrano throwing the girl from his truck, along with what appeared to be her toys and clothing, before fleeing the scene as she cried.

The report says Serrano told the deputies who stopped him that he had been in an argument with the girl’s grandparents, with whom she lived, about visitation. He claimed he began receiving text messages from them at around midnight, threatening to involve law enforcement if he didn’t return the girl home.

According to the sheriff’s office, Serrano claimed he left his daughter where he did “out of fear” and expected her to walk the rest of the way home. When mapped out, deputies noted that walk would have taken approximately 21 minutes.

Serrano was charged with child neglect for leaving his daughter “unsupervised at an unreasonable hour in an unfamiliar area...with no intent to return.”

Deputies: Kissimmee man threw 10-year-old daughter from truck, left her alone late at night

One witness reported seeing Serrano throw the girl from his truck, along with what appeared to be her toys and clothing, before fleeing the scene as she cried.

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[Josh P]

Drop him from a plane in the Atlantic ocean, let him swim home.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Parenting - You FAILED, miserably...

 

[cubby]

Now he doesn't ever have to worry about visitation.

Poor little girl, at least now she doesn't have to worry about having to see him again either.

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

Thank god the witnesses stuck around and called police. A lot of people would’ve just kept on going

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Thank god the witnesses stuck around and called police. A lot of people would’ve just kept on going

Or that a person with ill intentions showed up.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Now he doesn't ever have to worry about visitation.

Poor little girl, at least now she doesn't have to worry about having to see him again either.

You can hope but the family court system is a strange animal that often does not put the best interest or the safety of children first.

 

[DamagedGoods]

The report says Serrano told the deputies who stopped him that he had been in an argument with the girl’s grandparents, with whom she lived, about visitation. He claimed he began receiving text messages from them at around midnight, threatening to involve law enforcement if he didn’t return the girl home.

According to the sheriff’s office, Serrano claimed he left his daughter where he did “out of fear” and expected her to walk the rest of the way home. When mapped out, deputies noted that walk would have taken approximately 21 minutes.

Fear of what?? Clearly not of having law enforcement involved, or he could have just dropped her off. What an absolute moron.

 

[HijabiGirl]

You can hope but the family court system is a strange animal that often does not put the best interest or the safety of children first.

I know, right? I have been seriously looking into the foster care system and thinking about foster-to-adopt. However the people who discourage me the most are the actual people who've been through it. It is ridiculous how many times parents are allowed to fail before they get TPR'd. Meanwhile animals are removed immediately from abuse/neglect situations.

 

[Jellyfish Brain]

I know, right? I have been seriously looking into the foster care system and thinking about foster-to-adopt. However the people who discourage me the most are the actual people who've been through it. It is ridiculous how many times parents are allowed to fail before they get TPR'd. Meanwhile animals are removed immediately from abuse/neglect situations.

About the animals, nah they aren't. Sadly abusers get to abuse as long as the animal/child isn't at deaths door it seems.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Name:	SERRANO, HECTOR L JR

Current Release Date:	10/20/2025

Current Prison Sentence History:​

Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Prison Sentence Length
07/30/2024	CHILD NEGLECT	01/15/2025	OSCEOLA	2402418	1Y 2M 8D