{"id":330013,"date":"2026-07-05T16:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330013\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:03:09","slug":"florida-couple-arrested-in-key-largo-on-child-neglect-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330013\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida couple arrested in Key Largo on child neglect charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVideo above: News and weather for Sunday, July 5, 2026A couple from Delray Beach was arrested in the Florida Keys on suspicion of improper treatment of children.The Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced on Sunday, July 5, that Brian N. Cannella, 43, and Allison S. Cannella, 40, were arrested on Saturday, July 4, on two counts of each of child neglect.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsAccording to the sheriff\u2019s office, its deputies responded to the Reefhouse Resort and Marina at 103800 Overseas Highway in Key Largo at 1:45 p.m. on Saturday after employees reported they had entered a room because of an unattended baby crying.In the room were two young children alone in nursery beds. The sheriff\u2019s office said surveillance footage at the resort, witness statements and other evidence revealed the children were alone between 40 minutes and one hour while Allison and Brian were allegedly at a pool.The sheriff’s office said the Florida Department of Children and Families was notified, and the children were transferred to the custody of a family friend.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Their first court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 1\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Video above: News and weather for Sunday, July 5, 2026<\/p>\n

A couple from Delray Beach was arrested in the Florida Keys on suspicion of improper treatment of children.<\/p>\n

The Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced on Sunday, July 5, that Brian N. Cannella, 43, and Allison S. Cannella, 40, were arrested on Saturday, July 4, on two counts of each of child neglect.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tMonroe County Sheriff’s Office\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeft to right: Brian Cannella and Allison Cannella<\/p>\n

Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the sheriff\u2019s office, its deputies responded to the Reefhouse Resort and Marina at 103800 Overseas Highway in Key Largo at 1:45 p.m. on Saturday after employees reported they had entered a room because of an unattended baby crying.<\/p>\n

In the room were two young children alone in nursery beds. <\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office said surveillance footage at the resort, witness statements and other evidence revealed the children were alone between 40 minutes and one hour while Allison and Brian were allegedly at a pool.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said the Florida Department of Children and Families was notified, and the children were transferred to the custody of a family friend.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Their first court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video above: News and weather for Sunday, July 5, 2026A couple from Delray Beach was arrested in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2353,136359,7071,136361,136358,28,62855,30,2472,29,20949,11967,675,660,136360,8641,6695,2631,189],"class_list":["post-330013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-child","tag-child-neglect-charge","tag-children","tag-delray-beach-couple","tag-delray-beach-couple-arrested-in-florida-keys-on-child-neglect-charges","tag-florida","tag-florida-couple","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-keys","tag-florida-news","tag-july","tag-key-largo","tag-local-coverage","tag-office","tag-reefhouse-resort","tag-room","tag-saturday","tag-sheriff","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}