{"id":260750,"date":"2026-05-06T15:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260750\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:43:09","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-leaving-5-year-old-at-resort-beach-while-he-got-drunk-at-bar-sheriffs-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260750\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of leaving 5-year-old at resort beach while he got drunk at bar, sheriff’s office says"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida man<\/a> was arrested Tuesday after investigators say he left a 5-year-old child unattended at a Florida Keys<\/a> resort beach while he drank at a bar.<\/p>\n

Luis Fernando Del Ra Ortiz, 50, of Key Largo, was arrested and charged with child neglect, disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest, battery, and assault, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Investigators say they were called to Gilbert’s Resort on Key Largo around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday about a drunk man with a small child who was yelling and causing a scene after a resort declined to serve him additional alcoholic drinks when it was learned that a child in his care was left at the resort beach and swim area.<\/p>\n

Resort employees were forced to care for the child, allegedly for several hours, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

When he was found, deputies said Ortiz became belligerent, yelled at employees, threatened to harm them with a gun, and grabbed one of the resort employees.<\/p>\n

Initial reports indicate that Ortiz did not brandish a gun during the incident, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

At one point during the confrontation, the sheriff’s office said that Ortiz boarded a docked boat with the child, and employees were concerned that the child and others would be injured if Ortiz operated the boat.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said that Ortiz admitted to being drunk and continued to yell at resort employees while he was speaking to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

They said he refused to calm down, would not place his hands behind his back and resisted being put into the patrol car. He was eventually taken to jail, and a family member was contacted and picked up the child.<\/p>\n

The Florida Department of Children and Families was also notified.<\/p>\n

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