One father in Flagler County, Florida can rest easy after chasing away an alleged prankster from his teenage daughter’s window with a baseball bat.
Last Friday’s argument was caught on a neighbor’s camera. Then it is the second time in two days that the suspect peeping at Tom is seen at the family’s place.
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“He was up in my daughter’s window,” the father told FOX 35 Orlando. “I said a few choice words, and when he turned to me, I swung the bat.”
“It didn’t seem to make a difference to him, he was a big guy, so I was going to take him by the head, and when I did, he started running,” he added.
A Flagler County dad fired a would-be peeping tom using the Louisville Slugger on Friday night. (WOFL FOX 35)
Surveillance footage shows a vigilante father chasing a suspect accused of loitering in a Louisville car on Pine Hill Lane Friday as he screamed to neighbors for help.
“Call the police… call the police! Somebody call the police,” yelled the Florida dad. “Where are you going, boy? Come here… come here… I got something for you.”
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The family then “immediately called” the Flagler County Sheriff, according to a press release.
The suspect, Damon Arthur Smith, was quickly arrested after admitting to being “in the victim’s area,” according to the release. Smith told authorities he gets “excitement” from walking around people’s homes.
At the time of his arrest, Smith was seen wearing a Michael Myers shirt with the words “EVERYONE DESERVES ONE GOOD ONE”.
Damon Smith, 29, is in custody after allegedly breaking into a 14-year-old girl’s window. (Flagler County Sheriff’s Office)
“I don’t know what his intentions are … if it was something that would grow over time, and that [Michael Myers] it was his example or whatever, but we may have found him at the right time,” the father told FOX 35.
“This criminal said he gets pleasure from looking in other people’s windows, but this time he met a father protecting his daughter,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in a statement. “We are grateful that the deputies followed the trail of this case and brought it to the Green Roof Inn.”
Damon Arthur Smith, 29, was charged with loitering or loitering, voyeurism – first offense, and aggravated stalking of a person under 16.
Smith’s first brush with the law was at age 18, when he made a bomb threat at Flagler Palm Coast High School.
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Smith is currently in custody at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and is being held on $86,000 bond.