OCALA, Fla. (WFLA) — An Ocala man was arrested and charged with multiple felonies after directing his sprinklers on disabled victims as they got on and off a school bus, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.
In April, Corporal Kyle Ferguson responded to a home after a report that Antonio Roman, 61, was intentionally spraying the family next door with sprinklers. The family said it had been going on since August 2024, and that Roman activated the sprinklers twice a day as two of the victims, both with special needs, got on and off the bus. MCSO said one of the victims was a minor and the other was an adult.
Ferguson learned that the attacks were so frequent, the father began wearing swimming gear to try and shield his children from the spray. The detective conducted surveillance of Rom