Man accused of harassing disabled children with sprinkler system

23 Aug 2025 • 3:21 AM MYT
The Independent
The Independent

The world’s most free-thinking newspaper

image is not available

  • A 61-year-old man in Florida was arrested for allegedly activating his sprinklers to spray disabled children boarding a school bus.
  • Footage from May, released by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, shows the sprinklers turning on only when the bus arrived and turning off when it departed.
  • A deputy noted that the sprinklers were specifically aimed at the area between the victim's and suspect's houses, while the rest of the suspect's garden remained dry.
  • Antonio Roman was arrested on 17 August and faces charges including four counts of stalking and four counts of battery, two of which involve a disabled person.
  • Watch the video in full above.

IN FULL