{"id":336526,"date":"2026-07-11T02:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T02:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336526\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T02:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T02:33:07","slug":"44-year-old-man-arrested-in-connection-to-attack-on-mother-autistic-son-in-fort-lauderdale-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336526\/","title":{"rendered":"44-year-old man arrested in connection to attack on mother, autistic son in Fort Lauderdale &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; An arrest has been made in the case of an <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/broward\/mother-autistic-son-attacked-with-blunt-object-while-walking-to-bus-stop-in-fort-lauderdale-suspect-on-the-loose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">attack on a mother and her autistic son<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale Police officers announced on Friday night that 44-year-old Hutch Benjamin had been identified, located, and arrested.<\/p>\n<p>He faces two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to detectives.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Benjamin is seen on <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/broward\/surveillance-video-shows-man-attacking-mother-autistic-son-in-fort-lauderdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">surveillance video<\/a> creeping up behind a mother and her 12-year-old son in Fort Lauderdale as they were walking to a bus stop on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The mother, Chrissy, tries to step in, but gets hit with an apparent stick being held by Benjamin, along with her son. The suspect then walks away before turning around one last time, according to detectives.<\/p>\n<p>The attack left the mother bruised with a bandage around her head and a cut on the son\u2019s face. They were both rushed to the hospital with injuries that were not threatening.<\/p>\n<p>Following their release from the hospital, the mother spoke to 7News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome guy just comes behind us out [of] the blue \u2014 my son\u2019s nonverbal, he\u2019s disabled, that\u2019s sad \u2014 and then he just comes and tells him something and attacks him, and then I had to intercept and get in front of him, and he attacks me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Chrissy said she and her family had just moved to the area, but are now left with scars from an unprovoked attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter where you live. You don\u2019t make your own neighborhood a problem for the neighborhood, especially kids who can\u2019t fend for themselves,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t Benjamin\u2019s first run-in with the law. Court records show he has a pretty long rap sheet. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; An arrest has been made in the case of an attack on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-336526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336526","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=336526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}