FUGITIVE OUT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA ARRESTED IN WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA
WALTON COUNTY, Fla— A fugitive wanted out of Fairfax County, Virginia for a brutal attack on his child’s mother and abandoning an infant in the snow is arrested in Walton County, Florida.
Thursday morning, February 20th, Walton County Sheriff’s Office received information that Darvin Flores Caballeros, 20, had fled to Santa Rosa Beach, Florida from Virginia.
Caballeros had active warrants stemming from an incident on February 12th where Fairfax County Police Department responded to a domestic assault.
An investigation found Caballeros assaulted and strangled the victim and the victim’s 13-day-old infant was dropped during the fight. Caballeros fled the scene on foot with the infant before officers arrived. A Good Samaritan found the infant left in a pile of snow. The victim was hospitalized with serious injuries after the attack.
Caballeros was arrested by Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies leaving an apartment in Santa Rosa Beach Thursday around 11 am. A felony stop was conducted after deputies confirmed Caballeros was a passenger in the vehicle. He was transported and booked into the Walton County Jail where he is awaiting extradition back to Virginia.
He is facing charges of malicious wounding, strangulation, two counts of child endangerment, assault and battery on a family member, petit larceny, and an emergency protective order. These charges are in accordance with Virginia State Statute and may be worded differently than Florida State Statute but reflect serious charges of aggravated battery, aggravated child abuse, and false imprisonment.