NEWS RELEASE
Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Daytona Beach Man for Threatening to Kill a State Child Welfare Worker
Date:Friday, July 10, 2026
BUNNELL, Fla. — The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Daytona Beach man who threatened 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.
In July 2025, the caseworker reported receiving a series of threatening messages from an unknown number. In one message, the sender claimed to have an AR-15 rifle ready for her and warned that she would never see her family again.
Detectives coordinated with the Department of Children and Families staff, Volusia County Probation and the Oregon Fusion Center to trace the messages and pinpoint the source and determined the sender, Tyler William Stinnett, 30, of Daytona Beach was upset over a child-welfare case and had sent similar threatening messages using spoofed phone numbers to other DCF employees and a judge.
William Stinnett (Volusia County Sheriff’s Office)
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 for making similar threats against other government employees.
After detectives completed the FCSO investigation, the State Attorney’s Office issued a capias for Stinnett for written threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. 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.
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