Florida man drops young boy from hotel balcony hours after drunken meeting his mom at the pool and offering to 'scare him a little bit'

A Florida man dropped a four-year-old from a pavilion conscionable hours aft gathering his mom and offering to 'scare him a small bit,' according to police.

Brandon Gilmore, 31, was arrested successful connected Saturday  aft he allegedly dangled nan kid disconnected a second-story pavilion astatine the Sandlewood Resort in Daytona Beach.

Gilmore told constabulary he met nan boy's mom conscionable 5 hours earlier and had been drinking each time by nan pool, per an apprehension affidavit obtained by DailyMail.com.

The female supposedly invited Gilmore to her room arsenic they planned to get a piercing later that day.

But Gilmore past said he was going to return nan boy extracurricular to play and 'scare him a small bit,' he told police.

Police opportunity Gilmore past went extracurricular and dangled nan boy by his legs complete nan balcony.

Witnesses said they heard nan boy screaming earlier he was dropped headfirst.

Dasanni Bentley  told WESH:  'He was conscionable for illustration swinging in, playing pinch them... And past he fto him go, and he had him by 1 foot. 

'And past nan kid slipped correct retired of him and fell straight connected his caput connected nan concrete, nary grass.'

The mom, who has not been named by police, reportedly picked nan boy up and took him backmost to nan room. 

Police past arrived to nan segment and nan boy was taken to Halifax Medical Center.

He has since been discharged and was not earnestly injured, authorities said. 

Police were capable to get information footage that they opportunity shows Gilmore dropping nan boy complete nan balcony. 

The affidavit reads: 'Officers observed Gilbert carrying nan kid to nan pavilion and holding nan kid by 1 leg, pinch his caput positioned to nan ground, past proceeding to driblet him from nan 2nd level balcony.'

Gilmore is charged pinch felony aggravated kid maltreatment and remains successful jailhouse without bail. 

He has antecedently been arrested complete marijuana possession and for driving pinch a suspended license, according to nationalist records.