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44-Year-Old C-Section Dad Arrested When 2-Year-Old Is Found Wandering the Street, and Dog Is Near Death

March 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Ross Judy.
Ross Judy.

Ross Judy, a 44-year-old resident of Collins Lane in Palm Coast, was arrested Sunday on felony child neglect and a misdemeanor charge of abandoning an animal to neglect after his 2-year-old child was found wandering alone in the middle of a street in pajamas and a soiled diaper and a dog was found barely alive.

A neighbors had called law enforcement after seeing AJ, the child, wandering on Collins Lane and causing traffic to stop for his safety. The neighbor had initially seen AJ in his yard, thinking his father was nearby. Thirty minutes later, she saw people in the street looking after the boy and realized he’d been alone the whole time.




Several neighbors were in the driveway when Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies arrived. As one deputy approached the house, the deputy saw Judy in his doorway, with AJ holding his hand. Judy closed the door. The deputy called out several times, getting no response. Judy then exited his house through a back door, with AJ. Deputies made contact, and noticed strong indications that Judy had been drinking.

The house from the outside looked in disarray. The walkway that leads to the front door was “covered with trash, bottles, rusty cans, rusty tools, electrical wiring, and other miscellaneous hazardous materials,” a sheriff’s report states. “At the front door where AJ had exited the residence a rusty chainsaw was located on the ground. The back of the residence has a pool that does not have any child gates around it.” The pool could be accessed from inside and outside the house.

Judy agreed to let deputies inspect the house out of welfare concerns for the child. They saw “feces and trash all over the ground consistent with the state of the exterior of the residence,” and the same scene apparent throughout the residence. There were “excessive amounts of garbage, alcoholic beverage containers, and miscellaneous household items” covering floors and countertops, with only rotting or rotten food in the kitchen. The bathrooms were unusable, being overrun with “trash, feces, general filth, alcoholic beverage containers, bugs swimming in toilet water.” The sink was pilled with several inches of cigarette ash to the point that the sink was no longer visual. “Pill bottles in spare room and living room shelves accessible to AJ, along with exposed razors and hypodermic needles,” the report states.




A dog was locked in his cage inside the house. According to the report, “the dog had a rotting ear infection to the point that the ear was literally rotting. Urine stains on the under belly of the dog. Fur was gone on his back and his tail partially. The dog bed was ripped and rotting and dog fur matted into
corner from falling off [the] dog.” Animal Control responded to take the dog.

Deputies contacted the child’s grandparents elsewhere in Palm Coast–and inspected their house before letting them take custody of the child. They found the house in good condition. The child’s biological mother, who shares custody, lives outside of Flagler County and was also contacted. Judy was booked at the Flagler County jail on $4,000 bond. He remained at the jail this evening. A judge forbade him contact with the child pending the resolution of the case, or an amended order.

Abuse Hotline: Report Abuse Online

The Florida Abuse Hotline accepts reports 24 hours a day and 7 days a week of known or suspected child abuse, neglect, or abandonment and reports of known or suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Please use the links below to report a child or adult abuse.

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If you suspect or know of a child or vulnerable adult in immediate danger, call 911.

TEL: 1-800-962-2873
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Any person who knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a child is abused, abandoned, or neglected by a parent, legal custodian, caregiver, or other person responsible for the child’s welfare is a mandatory reporter. § 39.201(1)(a), Florida Statutes.

To report an allegation in Spanish or Creole, please call 1-800-962-2873, for TTY use 711 or 1-800-955-8771.  This toll free number is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with counselors waiting to assist you.

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Comments

  1. Karen A, Bivone says

    March 19, 2025 at 8:30 pm

    Omg… that poor child… where is the mother, and or grandparents… they were not aware??? The neighbors were also not aware of the situation ..thankfully that child was not harmed.

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  2. DMFinFlorida says

    March 20, 2025 at 9:48 am

    Put HIM in a cage with no edible food or water. Long-term. You know, “an eye for an eye” style. Disgusting POS.

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  3. R.S. says

    March 20, 2025 at 12:03 pm

    It’s amazing how much we tend to ignore each other, even if we’re just living nextdoor to each other. I wonder what depressive thoughts haunted that poor family.

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  4. Land of no turn signals says says

    March 20, 2025 at 4:10 pm

    If you build it, they will come.(trash).Build baby build.

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  5. Atwp says

    March 20, 2025 at 6:24 pm

    The report says the child is ok. I wonder about that with all the mess around the house.

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  6. L A W says

    March 20, 2025 at 8:03 pm

    I have Known Mr Ross for many years and he is a wonderful person who has fallen on some hard times lately He adores his little boy and would never ever intentionally harm him.So before the Witch Hunt begins remember there are always two sides to every story lets just pray my friend gets the help he needs.

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  7. Keep Flagler Beautiful says

    March 21, 2025 at 4:59 pm

    Sorry, L A W, but a “wonderful person” does not endanger the life of a toddler in SO MANY ways, allow a house to become a filthy feces- and trash-covered pigpen that should be condemned, or leave a poor dog to rot to death in a cage. What part of that scenario would you associate with Mr. Wonderful? FL: Appreciate the Abuse Hotline numbers. Could you please add the number to call if an animal is seen in distress or being kept in a situation like this? Thank you.

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  8. LAW says

    March 21, 2025 at 6:21 pm

    To Keep Flagler beautiful you must be a trump supporter

  9. Chris says

    March 22, 2025 at 4:44 pm

    LAW….. Mr Ross sounds like a real POS. If you were such a good friend then why didn’t YOU see the nasty conditions this child was livin in? And NO I don’t support the orange head in office !!!!

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  10. Dianne says

    March 24, 2025 at 10:03 am

    L A W

    What kind of person are you that thinks this was all ok…Hard times or not.it doesn’t mean you keep your house and child living in filth or cage a poor animal left to die…this guy needs to be punished…there are no excuses for this. Your reply about being a Trump supporter is just as stupid as you are…

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