July 30, 2009
Gary Davidson
Public Information Officer

MAN ARRESTED FOR ROUGHING UP CANDY-SELLING TEEN

A resident near Ormond Beach is facing a child abuse charge after he was accused on Wednesday of roughing up a 13-year-old boy who was selling candy door-to-door and then threatening to get a gun if the boy returned.

Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies patrolling the John Anderson Drive neighborhood were flagged down by the boy at about 5 p.m. The victim told deputies that he was in the area selling candy for a program called teens against drugs and alcohol. The boy said that when he came up to 1544 John Anderson Drive, a man came out the front door yelling at him and grabbed him by the shirt. The man then dragged the boy -- causing him to bump his head on a piece of lawn furniture -- and threw the victim’s container of candy at him while warning that he would get his gun if the teen came back. The boy ran away and called the head of the program to let him know what had happened. Moments later, the boy spotted the deputies in the area and flagged them down to report the incident.

While being interviewed by deputies, 47-year-old Burt Bialozynski admitted pushing the boy and threatening to get his gun. He said he acted out of aggravation because there had been boys in the neighborhood stealing property and he thought the teen was one of them. Deputies arrested Bialozynski and transported him to the Volusia County Branch Jail, where he was booked in under a $1,000 bond.