{"id":92959,"date":"2025-12-22T21:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/92959\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:45:19","slug":"woman-charged-after-holding-child-underwater-in-central-florida-hotel-pool-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/92959\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged after holding child underwater in Central Florida hotel pool, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA woman in Central Florida is behind bars on allegations of child abuse.According to the Osceola County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Jennifer L. Griffith, 36, of Fort Myers, was arrested Dec. 19 and charged with aggravated child abuse.According to the Osceola County Sheriff\u2019s Office, its deputies responded to the Gaylord Palms Hotel pool on Dec. 19 following a report of a battery involving a child.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsWhen deputies arrived, witnesses said that three children were playing in the pool when the splashing became violent. Griffith allegedly entered the pool and yelled at a 6-year-old boy after he allegedly dunked Griffith\u2019s 6-year-old son underwater.According to the sheriff’s office, Griffith placed her hands on the victim\u2019s shoulders and forcibly dunked the boy underwater for several seconds.The victim exited the pool visibly upset and suffering from a nosebleed. The victim reported the incident to his parents. Griffith allegedly began yelling at the victim\u2019s mother before leaving the area.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.On Dec. 20, a judge ordered Griffith not to have contact with the victim or the victim\u2019s family.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tKISSIMMEE, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

A woman in Central Florida is behind bars on allegations of child abuse.<\/p>\n

According to the Osceola County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Jennifer L. Griffith, 36, of Fort Myers, was arrested Dec. 19 and charged with aggravated child abuse.<\/p>\n

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

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTiffany Lee Griffith<\/p>\n

According to the Osceola County Sheriff\u2019s Office, its deputies responded to the Gaylord Palms Hotel pool on Dec. 19 following a report of a battery involving a child.<\/p>\n

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

When deputies arrived, witnesses said that three children were playing in the pool when the splashing became violent. Griffith allegedly entered the pool and yelled at a 6-year-old boy after he allegedly dunked Griffith\u2019s 6-year-old son underwater.<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff’s office, Griffith placed her hands on the victim\u2019s shoulders and forcibly dunked the boy underwater for several seconds.<\/p>\n

The victim exited the pool visibly upset and suffering from a nosebleed. The victim reported the incident to his parents. Griffith allegedly began yelling at the victim\u2019s mother before leaving the area.<\/p>\n

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

On Dec. 20, a judge ordered Griffith not to have contact with the victim or the victim\u2019s family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman in Central Florida is behind bars on allegations of child abuse.According to the Osceola County Sheriff\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14837,49692,6041,49691,19189,6663,4561,28,30,29,49690,675,677,660,35368,49693,6411,192,49689,189],"class_list":["post-92959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-boy","tag-central-florida-hotel-pool","tag-child-abuse","tag-child-underwater","tag-dec","tag-deputies-say","tag-deputy","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-griffith","tag-local-coverage","tag-neighborhood","tag-office","tag-osceola-county-sheriff","tag-palm-beach-airspacea-woman","tag-victim","tag-woman","tag-woman-charged-after-holding-child-underwater-in-central-florida-hotel-pool","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92959","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=92959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}