"Tase the Baby": Father of the Year Jorge Garcia Uses Infant as Human Shield, Say Fla. Cops

By: Carlin DeGuerin Miller
Topics: Daily Blotter

(AP/ Volusia County Sheriff)

DEBARY, Fla. (CBS/AP) "Father of the Year" he ain't.

Photo: Jorge Garcia, 39, in undated mug shot.

Cops say Florida resident Jorge Garcia tried to use his baby as a human shield when an officer drew a Taser on the ranting dad during a traffic stop.

"Tase the baby," the 39-year-old from Delton, Fla., just north of Orlando, reportedly yelled at police.

Police did not tase the baby.

Garcia was one of more than 10 people involved in a street corner argument Friday afternoon, a sheriff's report said.

When deputies arrived on the scene, they were told by an onlooker to check a vehicle involved because it might contain a firearm, according to the Daytona News-Journal.

When deputies stopped the vehicle, which was not Garcia's, he showed up on the scene and began yelling and acting irrationally.

Deputies tried to arrest Garcia, but he got back in his own vehicle and refused to come out, according to a Volusia County Sheriff's warrant.

When one of the deputies pulled out a Taser, police say Garcia tried to use his infant child as a human shield, reportedly saying "Tase the baby."

Deputies managed to get the infant safely away but, according to deputies, that's when Garcia's wife, Tangeca, 35, jumped in and hugged her husband, putting her body between deputies and her husband so they couldn't taser him, the newspaper reported.

Jorge Garcia was charged with child neglect without great harm and resisting an officer without violence and is out on $6,500 bail. Tangeca Garcia was also charged with resisting an officer without violence and released from the Volusia County Branch Jail after posting $500 bail, a booking officer said.

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by dhughes1193 March 25, 2010 4:56 PM EDT: the baby was never involved you you knuckle heads!!!!! and the baby was with his mother.; Reply to this comment


by garciafamilydefender January 8, 2010 9:43 PM EST: MATTHEW 7:1-2 SAYS JUDGE NOT, THAT YE NOT BE JUDGED. FOR WITH WUT JUDGEMENT YE JUDGE, YE SHALL BE JUDGED: AND WITH WHAT MEASURES YE METE, IT SHALL BE MEASURED TO YOU AGAIN.
JOHN 16:8 SAYS AND WHEN HE IS COME, HE WILL REPROVE THE WORLD OF SIN, AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF JUDGEMENT. SO FOR THE PUBLIC TO EVEN JUDGE HIM FOR ANYTHING IS CRAZY AND NOT CHRISTIAN LIKE.; Reply to this comment


by Aine57 January 6, 2010 11:37 AM EST: Sorry. I inadvertantly omitted words and need to rephrase. That should be "after he deliberatley attempted to put their child in grave danger of being killed."; Reply to this comment

by Aine57 January 6, 2010 11:33 AM EST

Please, PLEASE take this child away from this "mother" and "father" before they kill it. The fact that Jorge Garcia could so easily use a child as a human shield makes it sound as though the baby was in all likelihood (a) being held by the so-called "mother," and (b) not strapped into an infant seat. The fact that the "mother" would defend her husband after he basically to have their child killed makes her utterly unfit to reproduce or to retain the result of her reproduction. Good God, people. You are not parents: you are a sperm donor and an incubator, and mere supply of genetic material does not a Mommy or Daddy make.

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by garciafamilydefender January 8, 2010 9:02 PM EST: You kno i really think dat its messed up dat you da public can judge people fo one mishap. I do not agree wit wut he did but i CAN SAY DAT HE IS A GUD PERSON AND MEANS NO HARM TO ANYONE. Being apart of da family i firmly believe dat everyone has made a mistake in their lives and just because he has made the wrong choice you da public want to judge him well give it up people he is a GREAT PERSON AND A WONDERFUL FATHER. As far as the mother is concerned its not like the baby was hurt and how would you know how to react to dat type of situation unless u had to deal wit it yourself. The both of them are great parents so as far as you judging them you dont know them for you to judge them.


by dhughes1193 March 25, 2010 4:48 PM EDT: you really don't know what your talking about!!! i was there and i know the truth about what really happened.the baby was never involved thats a lie from the officers to make themselves look good after a bogus stop. there was never any type of firearm or weapon of any kind involved.that's what is wrong with the world today they thrive to read about crappy ass stories like this!!!!! " and for this cause god shall send them strong delusion that they may believe the lie" (2thess 2:11)


by rwsmith29456 January 5, 2010 10:48 PM EST: What a man!?; Reply to this comment


by barbaram99 January 5, 2010 4:14 PM EST: Drs won't fix people so they can't breed..I had to beg years ago to have it done as I did not want children for health reasons..The church won't allow birth control..I am appalled that man would use a child in that manner.; Reply to this comment