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A stomach-turning display of sociopathic cool ended in a high-stakes takedown on the sands of Daytona Beach, Florida, after a convicted child killer was caught partying with unsuspecting spring breakers while on the run from Ohio authorities.

Chief Deputy Brian Henderson of the Volusia County Sheriff's Department spoke to ABC News 5.

I'm going to speak for all the Floridians.

Anthony Grove, 45, a man branded armed and dangerous by Ohio parole officers, was snatched by Volusia County deputies during a massive proactive sweep of unruly vacation crowds on the beach.

Sporting neon green sunglasses, a silver chain, and a bizarre mohawk, Grove was found nonchalantly boozing on a seawall thousands of miles from the state lines he was legally forbidden to cross.

The details of Grove's original depravity are horrifying.

In February 2015, during a heated domestic dispute over smoking in the home, Grove launched a heavy ceramic coffee mug at his baby mama.

He missed his target, instead striking his two-month-old son, Zeeland, directly in the head.

The infant died the next day at Akron Children's Hospital.

Despite the fatal brutality, Grove dodged a murder charge and served only eight years for involuntary manslaughter before being paroled in 2023.

When Chief Deputy Henderson approached him on the beach for a general icebreaker, Grove allegedly baited the officer into a sympathy trap.

claiming he had, quote-unquote, lost a child, while intentionally omitting that he was the reason that little boy was dead.

It was caught on body cam.

Henderson recalled how the killer tried to manipulate his emotions, stating, quote, as a father that really pissed me off, end quote.

Grove's ruse disintegrated, though, as a background check revealed an active October 2025 warrant for his arrest.

In addition to the parole violation, Florida authorities slapped Grove with charges for failing to register as a convicted felon and drug possession after a THC pen was found in his backpack.

He's currently held in the Volusia County Jail, awaiting extradition back to Ohio.

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