Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Patrol Operations Bureau
Investigative Operations Bureau
-Crimes Against Children Unit
-Child Protection Investigation Division

Joseph Dombrowsky (Suspect – Arrested)
DOB: 02/11/1974
Address: 8643 43^rd Street N., Pinellas Park
Charges: One count of Child Neglect

The victim is a 9-year-old. Per Florida Statute 119.071(2)(h)1, no further information will be released that would tend to identify the victim.

PINELLAS COUNTY – On Thursday, April 20, 2023, detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit arrested 49-year-old Joseph Dombrowsky on one charge of Child Neglect.

The investigation began after school administrators contacted law enforcement advising the child handed their teacher two clear plastic baggies with a crystal-like substance inside and telling them their dad put the baggies in their backpack.

Deputies responded and tested the substance, which tested positive for methamphetamine and weighed approximately 9 grams.

The child told detectives he found the baggies in his backpack at school after he went to find a piece of candy.

Detectives interviewed Dombrowsky, who denied knowledge of how the two baggies of methamphetamine got into the child’s backpack. Through the investigation, it was learned that Dombrowsky had used methamphetamine and ecstasy the prior weekend. Dombrowsky has been previously arrested for drug trafficking.

Dombrowsky was arrested and charged with one count of Felony Child Neglect. Dombrowsky was transported to the Pinellas County Jail without incident.

The investigation continues.

Below is Dombrowsky's Booking Photo: