Palm Coast man convicted for abuse that left 20-month old boy with skull fracture, burns

Devian Toler, 29, will be sentenced in January by Circuit Judge Terence Perkins.

Deviaun Toler. Photo courtesy of the FCSO
Deviaun Toler. Photo courtesy of the FCSO
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A Palm Coast man has been convicted on four counts of aggravated child abuse and neglect. 

A  Flagler County jury on Oct. 29 found Devian Toler, now 29, guilty of two counts of aggravated child abuse, one count of child abuse and one count of neglect of a child causing great bodily harm. 

Toler had beaten his 20-month-old son so severely that he gave the child a skull fracture, burned the child with a washcloth dipped in boiling water, neglected to get medical treatment for the child’s burns, and beaten the child with a tree branch, leaving scars. 

He told investigators he’d beaten the 20-month-old child to discipline him.

Toler will be sentenced on Jan. 7, 2022, by Circuit Judge Terence Perkins.

 

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