WATCH THE NEW VIDEO Obtained By BocaNewsNow.com. It Shows The Attack Police Say Led To Arrest.
BY: ANDREW COLTON | Editor and Publisher | BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — New video obtained by BocaNewsNow.com shows a man identified as Mitchell Schuman throwing a water bottle at the boy who was later physically restrained by a group of men in the West Boca Raton community of Lotus — men who also took the child’s cell phone and deprived him of speaking with his mother. The men did this as a number of women are heard complaining that children don’t work in the community of million dollar homes.
As we first reported, Mitchell Schuman, a legal professional but not a lawyer, was arrested by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office after they reviewed the new video, below. However, Schuman was given a “notice to appear” instead of being handcuffed and jailed. That is not normal procedure for violent altercations that include depriving someone of using their cell phone or other communication device.
Marc Freeman, a spokesperson for Palm Beach County State Attorney Alexcia Cox, would not comment on why the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office would have given a white legal professional in an upscale community a notice to appear instead of effectuating a physical arrest after video documents a physical crime. Freeman said all questions, for now, should be directed to PBSO. BocaNewsNow.com is awaiting further information from PBSO investigators but has learned the case remains open.
Schuman is one of several men seen in the video. Based on now erroneous information from people connected to the case, BocaNewsNow.com misidentified the man seen in the photo below as being Mitchell Schuman. It is not. But neither this man — nor any of the others — have requested a correction or clarification. The man seen holding the child is also potentially committing a crime — it’s illegal to touch or restrain someone without their permission.
In fact, we are told part of the investigative issue at the moment is identifying all of the men — and potentially women — involved. If you know who these people are, please email news(at)bocanewsnow.com. Here is the original video that we published exclusively on Saturday:
This is assault on a child and if I was that child’s mother those men and women would get a hard taste of their own medicine
Thank you BocaNewsNow.com for exposing this. These are horrible people who live in a horrible community. I don’t know why anyone would want to put up with these people. Kids should be allowed to ride bikes without condo commandos throwing water bottles. I hope all of these men and some of the women are jailed. Time to take off the ALO yogawear and put on inmate clothes!
These adults should be ashamed … it was mob mentality against a child. They have forgotten what it is to be a kid. I hope they all have to go to court and spend money on lawyers. Disgusting.