A man who killed his baby son with a coffee mug smiled as he was arrested on a beach by police.
Anthony Grove, 44, was convicted of the death of his infant son in 2015.
At the time he admitted involuntary manslaughter of two-month-old Zeeland.
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He threw a ceramic mug at the child’s mother during an argument, hitting the baby in the head while she was holding him.
The infant was taken to hospital but he died the following day in Akron, Ohio.
Grove also pleaded guilty to endangering children.
He had originally been charged with murder.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison and released in 2023.
He was also wanted for violating parole, as reported by Need To Know.
Then on Saturday, (21 Mar), he was arrested at Daytona Beach, Florida.
Deputies were alerted after approaching another person.
Bodycam footage showed a tattooed Grove smiling as officers chatted to him.
Volusia County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Brian Henderson said: “Both the sheriff and I were out there with our deputies patrolling and that’s when we came across this guy.
“I asked him if he had any kids, generally as an ice breaker when you’re kind of trying to figure out someone.
“And he said, ‘yeah, I had two kids, and one passed away’.
“So I showed him some sympathy, ‘man, I’m really sorry to hear that’.
“Well, he left out obviously one of the big parts.”
He added: “As a father, that really pissed me off that some guy would try to get sympathy from a stranger over the loss of his child, knowing that he is the reason his child is dead.”
Grove now faces charges in Florida including failure to properly register as a convicted felon and possession of cannabis.
The sheriff’s office said it was working with Ohio officials on an extradition process.
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