Overview
- The confrontation began Sunday after a 16-year-old drove the couple’s daughter home and could not leave because the stepfather allegedly blocked the teen’s car with his van.
- Deputies say the stepfather struck the teen’s vehicle with a black metal pipe, held a knife near the teen’s neck, and the mother reportedly stood in front of the car waving a small black handgun.
- Volusia County deputies arrested 45-year-old Rosa Lamourt Tiru and 61-year-old Lance Mulonas; both face aggravated child abuse and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and Mulonas faces extra counts including kidnapping/false imprisonment and cruelty to a child.
- Investigators observed about $4,000 in vehicle damage, recovered a firearm that matched the teen’s description, and released body-camera video showing deputies handcuffing the suspects.
- At Monday’s first appearance prosecutors opposed bond and a judge ordered both held without bond as the case moves to a pretrial detention hearing and the couple’s daughter was placed in protective care at a family resource center.