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A Divorced Father Who Throws A 5-year-old Boy Into A Choppy Ocean To “Teach Him To Swim” After Drinking More Than Five Beers Is Arrested

Father from Florida was arrested after he allegedly threw his 5-year-old son in the rough ocean to teach him how to swim. According to police reports, J. Bloodsworth was doing backflips at the time and it was intoxicated when the police arrived.

Police officer got a tip about an intoxicated man at the local pier by a former Georgia state trooper who was on vacation with his family.

He and his family watched the man allegedly throw his son into the ocean, yell at him to swim and then proceed to leave him unattended while he jumped off the pier into the water. Read the full story here ▶