ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — An Orange County man arrested for the second time in a month on child abuse charges was released from jail Wednesday night after posting bail and will be allowed to be with at least one of his children.
The first case involved his stepdaughter and now he’s facing new charges related to his biological children.
Investigators said they have a long history with Todd Brisebois, 28, and they’ve done everything they could to make sure his children are safe.
Brisebois was arrested in December in the incident involving his stepdaughter, in which he allegedly would wake her up at night, demand she do pushups and hit her with a rubber hose.
He also would allegedly force the child to eat vomit.
Charges against him were dropped for lack of sufficient evidence.
“Then what is sufficient evidence? If that’s not sufficient evidence, it makes me wonder about the safety of that particular child,” said WFTV legal analyst Belvin Perry.
The same day Brisebois’ charges were cleared, a new warrant was filed regarding abuse of his three biological children.
He was arrested on the new charges Tuesday.
Court details have not been released about the latest case, but he’s facing two charges of child abuse, one aggravated and a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Channel 9 found an injunction request filed in August accusing Brisebois of hitting his three boys with his hands, a hose, a vacuum and a water bottle.
After bonding out of jail, he’ll still be able to see his 8-month-old son because a judge denied a Department of Children and Families request to keep him away.
Brisebois is not allowed to be around the 5-year-old stepchild in the first case where he was cleared.
“The investigators are very concerned about this type of behavior they’re very concerned about these children,” Perry said.
Brisebois’ was released late Wednesday on a $10,300 bond.
He didn’t answer Channel 9 reporter Angela Jacobs’ questions as he walked out of jail.
WFTV
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