Winter Garden police say a man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly set his car on fire and beat a woman. The Winter Garden Police Department arrested 25-year-old Eulices Cardona and charged her with second-degree arson and aggravated battery. damage, which stems from an arrest warrant filed on March 30, 2023. According to the warrant, on March 28, Orange County deputies responded to a home on Gaymar Drive for a report of a vehicle set on fire There, deputies found a son and his mother, bleeding from the head. A statement provided by the mother says she allowed a male passenger, later identified as Cardona, to sleep on her couch because she felt bad about not having a home. Earlier in the evening, he said he found an intoxicated Cardona starting a fire in her backyard. She ran out to stop Cardona after seeing him throw a propane tank on the fire. When the woman tried to remove the tank from the fire, Cardona hit her several times in the back of the head. The woman then screamed for help and noticed that Cardona’s vehicle, a 1998 Ford Mustang, was also on fire in the front yard. Cardona was also nowhere to be found. The report says the woman positively identified the assailant as Cardona in a later photo series, leading deputies to file an arrest warrant for him. According to the Orange County Clerk of Courts, Cardona was arrested Friday by the Winter Garden Police Department and charged with two counts of burglary and one count of theft, while his arrest warrant added charges of arson and aggravated battery. a separate case against him. We are waiting for a response. Cardona remains in custody at the Orange County Jail.
Winter Garden police say a man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly set his car on fire and hit a woman.
The Guardia Urbana del Jardí d’Hivern arrested Eulices Cardona, 25, and charged him with arson in the second degree and aggravated assault with grievous bodily harm, stemming from an arrest warrant filed on March 30 of 2023.
According to the warrant, on March 28, Orange County deputies responded to a home on Gaymar Drive for a report of a vehicle on fire. There, deputies found a son and his mother, bleeding from the head.
A statement provided by the mother says she allowed a transient man, later identified as Cardona, to sleep on her couch because she felt bad that he didn’t have a home. Earlier in the evening, he said he found an intoxicated Cardona starting a fire in her backyard. She ran out to stop Cardona after seeing him throw a propane tank on the fire.
When the woman tried to remove the tank from the fire, Cardona hit her several times in the back of the head. The woman then screamed for help and noticed that Cardona’s vehicle, a 1998 Ford Mustang, was also on fire in the front yard. Cardona was nowhere to be found either.
The report says the woman positively identified the assailant as Cardona in a later photo series, prompting deputies to file an arrest warrant for him.
According to the Orange County Clerk of Courts, Cardona was arrested Friday by the Winter Garden Police Department and charged with two counts of burglary and one count of theft, while his arrest warrant adds the charges of arson and aggravated assault.
WESH 2 News has requested more information from Winter Garden police about Cardona’s theft charges, which are a separate case against him. We are waiting for a response.
Cardona remains in custody at the Orange County Jail.
