Inset: Dominic Nathaniel Fisher (Lee County Sheriff’s Office). Background: A screenshot of Fisher allegedly attacking a child with a chokehold (LCSO).
A Florida man, aged 27, is facing accusations of assaulting a young child who was asleep. Alleged evidence captured by home surveillance shows him seizing the child from their bed and applying a “chokehold.”
Dominic Fisher was apprehended on Tuesday, facing charges of two counts of engaging in aggravated child abuse, as per court documents reviewed by Law&Crime.
“This footage is extremely disturbing,” stated Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno. “I am appalled by this individual’s vile actions against an innocent, slumbering child. We are committed to ensuring he receives the maximum punishment,” Sheriff Marceno emphasized.
The sheriff’s office released a news release that features a 29-second video, depicting parts of what they described as a “chilling” attack. The footage reportedly shows Fisher entering the room while the child was asleep, proceeding to “grab the child by the neck and place them in the chokehold,” noting that “the choking persisted for several seconds.”
According to the affidavit detailing probable cause, deputies arrived at a residence on Aug. 26 following a report of child abuse. The names and connections of the victim and witnesses are redacted from the file, aside from Fisher’s.
Upon arriving, first responders made contact with a woman, presumably the victim’s mother, who said that she had placed a hidden camera in her son’s bedroom and later observed Fisher putting the boy “in a chokehold while he slept at approximately 2 a.m. that morning.”
She said she put the camera in the child’s room because he had come to her with previous complaints that were “vague in nature,” but in reference to him “not liking [Fisher].”
“[The victim] was visibly upset and timid with [investigators] and refused to make any disclosures in reference to the incident,” the affidavit states. “[Investigators] observed bruising to victim one’s neck area consistent with the surveillance video provided by his mother to LCSO, in which he is seen being placed into a headlock by Dominic Fisher.”
The affidavit also describes the attack seen in the footage, with investigators writing that Fisher was “suspending the victim in the air via the chokehold” while the victim could be seen “flailing his legs and in obvious distress.”
The victim further told investigators that the previous evening, Fisher had come into his room and “kicked him in the stomach and punched him in the neck while he slept,” adding that Fisher “does this often.” The victim’s sibling corroborated the victim’s story, authorities said.
Investigators obtained a warrant and seized the surveillance camera and footage as evidence.
When brought in for questioning, authorities said Fisher invoked his rights and declined to provide a statement. Details from the victim’s forensic interview were entirely redacted from the document.
“Based on the investigation in its totality to include video surveillance obtained in which Dominic is seen aggressively choking victim one several times throughout the early morning hours of August 26, 2025, disclosures made by victim one and victim two, and injuries observed on victim one’s neck region consistent with all statements obtained Detective Quijano established probable cause to arrest and charge Dominic Fisher,” the affidavit concludes.
