- July 10, 2026
According to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office, a Daytona Beach man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a Florida Department of Children and Families caseworker, closing a year-long, multi-agency investigation into threats made against a Flagler County public servant.
According to FCSO, in July 2025, the caseworker reported receiving a series of threatening messages from an unknown number. In one message, the sender allegedly claimed to have an AR-15 rifle ready for her and warned that she would never see her family again.
FCSO said detectives coordinated with Department of Children and Families staff, Volusia County Probation and the Oregon Fusion Center to trace the messages and determine their source. According to investigators, the sender was identified as Tyler William Stinnett, 30, of Daytona Beach, who was allegedly upset over a child-welfare case and had sent similar threatening messages using spoofed phone numbers to other DCF employees and a judge. According to FCSO, Stinnett was arrested in February by Volusia County detectives in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and later extradited to Volusia County, where he faces a dozen charges related to similar alleged threats against other government employees.
After completing the Flagler County investigation, FCSO said the State Attorney’s Office issued a capias for Stinnett on a charge of written threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. According to the Sheriff's Office, he was served with the charge on July 8 at the Volusia County Jail, where he was already being held on similar charges.
“This coward hid behind fake phone numbers to threaten a woman whose entire job is protecting children,” said Sheriff Rick Staly. “We will relentlessly pursue anyone who threatens public servants, especially those who protect our community’s children. Control your anger because if you don’t, we will arrest you."
Stinnett remains held at the Volusia County Jail without bond. His bond on the Flagler County charge is set at $10,000.
