SPRING HILL, Fla. -- David Jose Orama, the father of the first baby born in Florida's Hernando County in 2003, told the St. Petersburg Times the birth "was a big surprise." He got another surprise Thursday -- when deputies who saw the story arrested him on probation violation charges.
Hernando County sheriff's deputy Neil Sullivan saw the man's name in the newspaper Thursday morning, and learned where he had been living. Sullivan canvassed the area until seeing an "It's a boy" banner.
Sullivan knocked on the door, was told Orama was at the hospital, and then went to Spring Hill Regional Hospital's maternity ward to arrest the man.
"He did not resist," sheriff's spokesman Joe Paez said. "He knew we were looking for him."
Orama remained in the Hernando County Jail in lieu of $1,700 bail. His probation violation stemmed from a DUI conviction, officials said.
He and his fiancee, Cynthia Colon, 23, told the newspaper they were leaning toward naming their son Darie Newyear.
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