Overview
- Flagler County deputies arrested Tashaye Brown, 31, and Nikolas Cummings, 32, on charges of child abuse/neglect and neglect of an elderly or disabled adult.
- Fire Rescue requested a welfare check on Jan. 13 in Palm Coast’s W-Section after observing hazardous filth, leading the Sheriff’s Major Case Unit to take over.
- Deputies reported a one-year-old sleeping in a Pack 'n Play with roaches crawling on the child and an elderly man who was largely immobile with scabs and insects on his clothing.
- Brown told investigators she flipped the playpen nightly to shake out insects and sprayed a circle of Raid rather than hire professional extermination, with mold, droppings, and spoiled food also noted in the home.
- The infant was placed with relatives by DCF and the elderly man was hospitalized, while detectives continue to assess the duration of neglect and any additional family roles; court records list $15,000 bond and a Feb. 4 hearing.