A Florida man allegedly tried to circumcise his two-year-old cousin while he was on babysitting duty.
Timothoes Powell, 29, from Rocky Mount, Virginia, was looking after his little cousin in Daytona, Florida, when he cut the toddler’s genitals, according to police reports.
The babysitter was watching over the young boy while his mother was at work on October 17, 2023. He reportedly called the mom around 7 pm and said her son was ‘bleeding from his penis area as glass had entered his diaper,’ according to a police report.
Powell initially claimed that he tried to wipe off the glass – which caused the skin near the little boy’s genitals to break. The child was taken to hospital with a cut groin area.
The 29-year-old – who, according to a Linkedin account works for Fleetwood Homes, Inc. – switched up his story multiple times and continued to make excuses for how the child’s genitals became mutilated.
Timothoes Powell, 29, from Rocky Mount, Virginia , was looking after his little cousin in Daytona, Florida, when he cut the toddler’s genitals
Powell initially claimed that he tried to wipe off the glass – which caused the skin near the little boy’s genitals to break. The child was taken to hospital with a cut groin area
An investigator with the Florida Department of Children and Families alerted the police about the incident four days later and Powell was arrested on October 30.
When police questioned Powell, he allegedly claimed that he grew frustrated with the toddler and lost his temper, saying ‘e may have pulled (the child’s) penis downward with too much force’ and began ‘to wipe him very hard,’ according to ClickOrlando.
The little boy’s grandfather was asleep at home during the alleged violent incident, and the grandmother later asked the mother to not notify anyone to keep law enforcement out of the picture, an incident report showed.
Chilling security footage of the troubling incident allegedly exposed Powell for screaming at the child and squirting him with a water bottle, before threatening to put soap in his mouth if he wasn’t quiet.
The surveillance camera caught Powell changing the boy’s diaper before walking away with an ‘object of some kind’ in his hand, according to Huffpost.
Powell was released on a $100,000 bond on Monday afternoon. He faces a child abuse charge for his troubling behavior and his next court date is November 21
The grandmother refused to provide any additional footage, police said.
Powell insists that – although he got angry at the child – he did not cut him. He said he may have ‘pulled (the child’s) penis downward with too much force’ and began ‘to wipe him very hard,’ according to the report.
But a medical professional disputed this claim – saying the laceration didn’t match Powell’s version of events because the cut ‘was much too clean and precise to be accidental in any way,’ detectives said.
Powell was released on a $100,000 bond on Monday afternoon. He faces a child abuse charge for his troubling behavior and his next court date is November 21.