{"id":351670,"date":"2026-07-24T22:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351670\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:38:30","slug":"miami-dade-father-accused-of-beating-his-4-year-old-son-with-autism-for-25-minutes-straight-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351670\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade father accused of beating his 4-year-old son with autism for 25 minutes straight, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Homestead father was arrested Thursday night for allegedly beating his 4-year-old son with autism for 25 minutes straight, according to arrest reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>David Martinez Jr., 31, was charged with child abuse after an incident on Thursday afternoon at the family&#8217;s home. According to the victim&#8217;s mother, the child, who is also non-verbal, approached Martinez&#8217;s bedroom screaming, which is how the mother told police he communicates when he wants something.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/child-abuse-dude.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"child-abuse-dude.jpg \" height=\"775\" width=\"620\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  David Martinez Jr., 31, was ordered to stay away from his 4-year-old son with autism after police say he beat the child for 25 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Miami-Dade Corrections<\/p>\n<p>The report said that Martinez had asked the child what was wrong, turned off the bedroom lights, and sounds of open-hand slaps were heard. Martinez then escorted the child out of the bedroom while spanking him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the incident was filmed by indoor surveillance cameras that were installed for the child&#8217;s safety. The report said that upon review of the footage, it seemed that the physical abuse Martinez inflicted on the child lasted approximately 25 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the report said that the victim was seen crying on the sofa, when Martinez approached him with a belt, violently throwing him onto the sofa, and striking him repeatedly with the belt.<\/p>\n<p>After walking away, Martinez was shown striking the child again multiple times with an open hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report said that this cycle continued for the approximately 25 minutes that the abuse was recorded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 4-year-old victim had visible injuries, according to the report, such as abrasions and red marks on his upper thighs. Officers documented and photographed the injuries, taking Martinez into custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Martinez appeared in bond court on Friday afternoon, with the victim&#8217;s mom asking the judge for a stay away order from Martinez. The judge granted the order and set his bond at $2500.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Homestead father was arrested Thursday night for allegedly beating his 4-year-old son with autism for 25 minutes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[13709,6041,265,1714,123,125,124,1064],"class_list":["post-351670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-autism","tag-child-abuse","tag-crime","tag-homestead","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351670","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=351670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}