FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Broward County state attorney's office refiled charges Friday against the father of a 3-year-old boy who was found dead in his Hollywood home in March after a recent arrest caused authorities to accidentally throw out his original charge.
Nelson Osceola, 24, is charged with child neglect with great bodily harm in connection with the death of Ahziya Osceola.
Ahziya was found stuffed inside garbage bags and a box hidden in the laundry room of his Hollywood home.
Osceola was ordered held in jail on a $50,000 bond Friday. He bonded out of jail Friday night.
Osceola previously appeared in bond court Thursday after he was arrested on DUI charges.
According to Seminole police reports, Osceola drove through a security gate on the Seminole Tribe of Florida reservation about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, breaking the arm off the gate.
Police found Osceola nearby but said he fled when the officer turned on his vehicle's emergency lights.
Police said Osceola was followed by numerous patrol vehicles, but refused to stop. They said he eventually got out of his car and jumped over a fence before being taken into custody.
Osceola was out on bond after being arrested in March in connection with the death of his son. Police said Ahziya died at the hands of his stepmother, Analiz Osceola, who is behind bars on charges of manslaughter and providing false information to law enforcement.
Osceola's attorney, Hilliard Moldoff, said the emotional stress over the death of his son is likely behind Nelson's recent behavior.
"Mr. Osceola is the father of a child who's deceased and has been struggling with the reality that his son is dead, so to say that he was intoxicated doesn't surprise me in the least," Moldof said. "I'm sure he'll be out and be sober and be fine. In a week he'll get the message, but this was probably just a wake-up call for Nelson."
Osceola is expected to be released on bond Friday afternoon.
He is scheduled to return to court on the child neglect charge next month.
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