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Clermont Man Allegedly Tried To Break Child’s Arm Because Child Reached For Slice Of Pizza

Clermont / By Marilyn M. Aciego / January 19, 2021 / 1 minute of reading

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News.

CLERMONT, Florida — A man is in the Lake County Jail after being arrested for domestic child abuse Saturday.

According to an arrest affidavit, Brian Lanier King, 43, of Clermont, tried to break a child’s arm when the child attempted to get a slice of pizza; King then slammed the child’s head into a dishwasher and then the floor. The child suffered “several deep scratches,” to both forearms, the booking sheet states. King was “extremely intoxicated” due to drinking several beers throughout the day, the arresting Lake County Sheriff’s deputy noted in the affidavit.

The child’s age and gender were not available and the relationship to King was redacted from the affidavit. King is being held on $10,000 bond

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Marilyn M. Aciego

Publisher Marilyn M. Aciego was born and raised in Lake County and is a graduate of Umatilla High School and Lake-Sumter State College. She began her journalism career at LSSC and in 2023 she was honored with LSSC’s Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award. She began working at the Daily Commercial while she was in college and continued her career there as a reporter after she graduated. In her 20+ year-career, she covered many of the area’s top stories including the disappearance of Trenton Duckett and the death of beloved Sheriff Chris Daniels. She has landed many exclusive interviews and was the first to break two of the biggest stories of 2024- the death of Jamaria Sessions and the murder of a Lake County Sheriff's Office deputy and the attempted murder of two other deputies. In addition to Inside Lake, Marilyn is the single mom of a teenaged son and the Florida Bureau Chief for an international media organization.

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