EDGEWATER, Fla. — A 35-year-old man is facing several charges, including child neglect, after deputies say he burglarized homes in Volusia County with a 4-year-old girl in tow.
- Deputies: 4-year-old girl was with man breaking into property
- Man charged with child neglect, grand theft, and burglary
- Sheriff's Office: Girl was unharmed, turned over to a family member
James Giambra is also charged with grand theft, burglary, and drug possession.
Volusia County deputies responded to Charles Street in Edgewater at about 8 a.m. Thursday after neighbor called authorities to report seeing a man, who was carrying a large bag, along with a girl who was also carrying a bag, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release. A nearby property owner there told deputies that his boat had been tampered with.
Then, just before noon, deputies got another report about a man and girl walking through yards on the 100 block of Coleman Street, an adjacent street. As a deputy spoke to a woman at a home, they overheard a man's voice inside the residence — but the woman said no one else should have been in her house, deputies said.
That's when they found Giambra, who was taken into custody without incident.
The 4-year-old girl was unharmed and turned over to a family member, the Sheriff's Office said.
Giambra was being held Friday in the Volusia County Branch Jail on $38,000 bond.