Man Hit 1-Year-Old 'With All His Might'

A Land O’ Lakes man was arrested recently and accused of hitting a 1-year-old girl repeatedly.

A witness told a Pasco County Sheriff’s deputy that on May 10, the man got angry with the girl, who was playing in the kitchen. He grabbed her hand and slapped her arm several times “with all his might,” the witness told the deputy.

He then dragged the girl out of the kitchen into the living room and slapped her “harder than before,”  the witness said.

The man also picked the girl up and slammed her onto the floor, bottom first.

When the witness tried to intervene, he said “I’m going to beat the defiance out of her.”

The girl was hyperventilating because she was crying so much, the witness told the deputy.

The witness retrieved the girl. Law enforcement found marks on the girl’s arms indicative of being excessively struck.

According to an arrest report, the man purposefully evaded law enforcement after the incident.

David Neymour, 30, of 9244 Wellstone Drive was arrested Tuesday and charged with child abuse. He was released from Land O’ Lakes jail the same day after posting $5,000 bail.