Parents arrested after toddler found in retention pond, Volusia deputies say

Two parents are facing charges after a toddler was found walking around a retention pond in Deltona, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. It happened just before 8 a.m. Saturday, in the area of Oasis and Gainesville Drives.Deputies say they found a small child, wearing nothing but a diaper, waist deep in a retention pond. Deputies jumped into action and saved the child, who they say was uninjured and completely non-verbal.Deputies say that’s when they walked up to the child’s house, and found the door wide open. As deputies shouted to see if anyone was home, they say the father of the 4-year-old, Fermin Medrano-Perez, came to the door. The sheriff’s office says The child’s mother, Jeneixa Rodriguez-Crespo, was at work, and came home after a call from deputies. Deputies say as they stood at the front door, there was an overwhelming smell of feces and urine, and they could even see it. Deputies say they also found live and dead bugs, and even a caged dog, standing in its own excrem