The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Daytona Beach man accused of threatening to kill a Florida Department of Children and Families caseworker, closing out a year-long investigation that involved several agencies.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, the caseworker reported receiving a series of threatening messages from an unknown number in July 2025. 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 worked with Department of Children and Families staff, Volusia County Probation, and the Oregon Fusion Center to trace the messages back to their source. They identified the sender as Tyler William Stinnett, 30, of Daytona Beach. Investigators said Stinnett was upset over a child-welfare case and had sent similar threatening messages, using spoofed phone numbers, to other DCF employees and a judge.
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 connected to threats made against other government employees.
After Flagler County detectives finished their investigation, the State Attorney’s Office issued a warrant, known as a capias, charging Stinnett with written threats to kill, cause bodily injury, or commit a mass shooting or act of terrorism. He was served with the charge on July 8 at the Volusia County Jail, where he was already being held on related charges.
Sheriff Rick Staly commented on the arrest. “This coward hid behind fake phone numbers to threaten a woman whose entire job is protecting children,” Staly said. “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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