WINTER SPRINGS, FL (WCMH)–A Florida father is behind bars after police say he tossed his infant son over a fence.

Michele Reaves says she knew something was wrong when she heard screaming from the apartment complex next to her home and found clothes in her yard.

“I panicked,” she said.

She called police, and followed them to investigate. They found the baby face-down in Reaves’ yard, in a pile of leaves.

“(I) Picked up the baby, was patting him on the back,” Reaves said. “I recognized the baby. Was a couple who would usually walk down the road with their dog and their baby.”

Winter Springs police say the father had thrown the infant over the fence. They found the 31-year-old man sitting on a neighbor’s trash can, naked.

Reaves says she spent the night with the baby’s mother at the hospital while the infant was checked out by doctors. The little boy only suffered scrapes. Police arrested his father, Richard Harris, who now faces aggravated child abuse charges. Because he has a long rap sheet, he could face a lot of time behind bars.