{"id":362,"date":"2026-09-30T16:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americaunfolded.com\/?p=362"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:17:46","slug":"viral-bodycam-video-shows-women-accused-of-tossing-baby-outside-florida-bar-the-real-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americaunfolded.com\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"Viral Bodycam Video Shows Women Accused of Tossing Baby Outside Florida Bar \u2014 The Real Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/americaunfolded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-45-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americaunfolded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-45-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/americaunfolded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-45-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/americaunfolded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-45-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/americaunfolded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-45-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/americaunfolded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-45.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A disturbing bodycam video is circulating online again, showing the aftermath of a 2023 incident in Daytona Beach, Florida, where two young women were accused of aggressively handling and tossing a baby outside a bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video currently resurfacing online is not new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident happened in September 2023 near the Coyote Ugly Saloon on Seabreeze Boulevard in Daytona Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to police and contemporaneous news reports, witnesses reported seeing two women throwing a baby into the air, flipping the child upside down and tossing the infant back and forth between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police later arrested both women on child-abuse charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1437660735013308%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=267&#038;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the arrest affidavit reported by multiple news organizations, Daytona Beach police responded to a disturbance shortly after midnight on September 14, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witnesses told officers that 19-year-old Brianna Lafoe and 20-year-old Sierrah Newell were aggressively handling a baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said the women were reportedly intoxicated and were throwing the child back and forth from approximately four feet apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witnesses also reported seeing the baby thrown into the air and turned upside down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident reportedly happened outside the Coyote Ugly Saloon in Daytona Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VIDEO PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE INVESTIGATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One witness began recording what was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the police affidavit, the video showed the baby being aggressively swung up and down over hard concrete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police also reported that the child was allegedly held upside down by the ankles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footage was later reviewed by officers as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A nearby business also had surveillance footage that captured portions of the confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE SITUATION ESCALATED<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident reportedly became even more tense when people attempted to intervene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to police, Lafoe confronted a witness who had been recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The affidavit said Lafoe allegedly struck the witness and made threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newell, who was using crutches at the time, was also accused of threatening people at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witnesses told investigators that the women became more aggressive after people began telling them to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BABY?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The baby was taken to a local hospital for medical evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to reports based on the police affidavit, the child had red marks on the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An X-ray also showed a mark that doctors believed could indicate a broken arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reports said the child was later released from the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities did not publicly identify the baby&#8217;s parents or guardian in the initial reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE WOMEN WERE ARRESTED<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brianna Lafoe and Sierrah Newell were both arrested in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both faced child-abuse charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lafoe also faced an additional misdemeanor battery charge related to the alleged confrontation with a witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, authorities said both women were under 21 and were allegedly intoxicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These were criminal allegations at the time, and an arrest or charge itself is not proof of guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHY IS THE VIDEO GOING VIRAL AGAIN?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footage has recently resurfaced across social-media accounts and is being presented by some pages as if it were a new incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bodycam footage in the circulating clip contains a September 2023 timestamp, and news reports from September 2023 document the same Daytona Beach incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A podcast episode published in 2026 also revisited the case and described the two women as having been arrested after police reviewed video of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So while the video may be new to many viewers, the underlying event happened about three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE VIRAL CAPTION CAN BE MISLEADING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some reposts describe the incident with extremely dramatic wording, including claims that a \u201cdrunk mom\u201d was tossing her baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the original reporting is more complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police identified two women who were arrested: Brianna Lafoe and Sierrah Newell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial reports did not establish in the same way that one of them was simply \u201cthe mother\u201d as some social-media captions now suggest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the case is being reposted years later, viewers should be careful about treating every caption attached to the footage as verified information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHAT WE CAN CONFIRM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documented facts are clear on several important points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident happened in Daytona Beach, Florida, in September 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It occurred near the Coyote Ugly Saloon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two women, Brianna Lafoe and Sierrah Newell, were arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said witnesses reported that the women were aggressively handling and tossing a baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video footage was reviewed by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The child was taken to a hospital for evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports said the child had red marks and an X-ray finding that could indicate a broken arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lafoe also faced a battery charge involving a witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHAT WE CANNOT CONFIRM FROM THE VIRAL VIDEO ALONE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The short clip circulating today does not provide the entire story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It does not by itself establish everything that happened before the recording began, what happened afterward, or the ultimate legal outcome of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also should not be treated as evidence that every statement in a social-media caption is accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The safest way to understand the video is to compare it with the original police reporting and contemporary news coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE BOTTOM LINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shocking bodycam video circulating online is connected to a real 2023 case in Daytona Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two women were arrested after police said they had been aggressively handling and tossing a baby outside a bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The child was taken to a hospital, and one woman also faced a battery allegation involving a witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there is an important detail many viral reposts leave out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THIS IS NOT A NEW 2026 INCIDENT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footage and the underlying case date back to September 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the video continues circulating, viewers should distinguish between what police and contemporary reporting documented and the more sensational claims added by social-media pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A disturbing bodycam video is circulating online again, showing the 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