Florida Crime Report
Police say Jaclyn Goszczynski drove a screw into her 12-year-old daughter’s buttock with an electric screw gun while hanging picture frames.
Summary
Goszczynski was using an electric screw gun while hanging frames.
Police alleged that she made a sexualized remark to her daughter.
She then allegedly drove a screw into the girl’s left buttock.
The screw remained lodged until the child removed it.
Investigators observed a visible mark.
Goszczynski was arrested for felony child abuse.
She was held on $25,000 bond and ordered not to contact the child.
The minor’s identifying information is omitted.
1. The Crime or Misconduct
2. Crime Location
The reported event occurred at St. Petersburg, Florida. Exact residential addresses and unnecessary identifying information are omitted.
3. Date and Time
The relevant reported date or period was 2024. Later procedural developments are reflected in the case-status section.
4. Police Department or Investigating Authority
The matter was handled by St. Petersburg Police Department. Court and disciplinary bodies may have become involved after the initial investigation.
5. Defendant or Subject Name
The person or people identified in the public record were Jaclyn Goszczynski.
6. Age
The reported age or age range was 40.
7. Charges or Proceeding
The principal charge or proceeding was Felony child abuse.
8. Bond Amount or Custody
$25,000.
9. Conviction
10. Sentence
11. Outcome
A judge imposed a no-contact condition protecting the child.
Administrative actions such as termination, no-contact orders or professional discipline are separate from a criminal conviction unless the public record states otherwise.
12. Victim
Goszczynski’s 12-year-old daughter.
Sources
Verified case chronology
Goszczynski was using an electric screw gun while hanging frames. Police alleged that she made a sexualized remark to her daughter. She then allegedly drove a screw into the girl’s left buttock. The screw remained lodged until the child removed it. Investigators observed a visible mark. Goszczynski was arrested for felony child abuse. She was held on $25,000 bond and ordered not to contact the child. The minor’s identifying information is omitted.
The publication date used for this cleaned article is 2024-07-26. That date is tied to the following case event: July 26, 2024 St. Petersburg arrest, six days after the July 20 incident. This replaces the old import timestamp, which reflected when the article package was created rather than when the underlying crime or later substantive case development actually occurred.
Charges, custody and current posture
The record identifies Jaclyn Goszczynski (40) in connection with events reported at St. Petersburg, Florida. The principal reported proceeding is Felony child abuse. The custody, bond or financial information reported for the case is $25,000. The source record establishes a completed plea or sentence rather than merely an accusation.
The latest verified posture through August 11, 2026 is: Charged with felony child abuse and released on $25,000 bond with a no-contact condition; no later plea, dismissal, verdict or sentence was located through August 11, 2026. That status controls the wording of the headline and body. A scheduled arraignment, restitution hearing, trial date or possible future dismissal is not treated as if it already happened. Likewise, a bond amount is not presented as a sentence, and a diversion agreement is not called a conviction.
What the case-specific record shows
Those details are the factual anchors for this record. They identify the person, location, conduct, evidence described by investigators or witnesses, and the procedural action actually completed. the update does not add a generic statute summary merely to increase length, and it does not borrow facts from other cases with a similar unusual object, restaurant, store, vehicle or social-media angle.
Source record and reporting limits
The sources below were reviewed for this specific case and for a later disposition. Where the source set did not reveal a later plea, dismissal, verdict or sentence, the article stops at the last verified event instead of assuming the case remained unchanged forever or inventing an outcome. Where a later disposition was found, the older arrest-stage language is superseded by that result.
Disclaimer: This article summarizes case-specific public records and reporting available through August 11, 2026. Charges and police allegations remain allegations unless a valid plea or court judgment establishes guilt. The article date reflects the verified crime or later substantive case event described above.
Case-specific factual recap
The cleaned record can be reduced to a concrete sequence without adding unrelated criminal-justice background. The subject is Jaclyn Goszczynski; the reported setting is St. Petersburg, Florida; and the proceeding is Felony child abuse. The underlying factual sequence reported in the source is: Goszczynski was using an electric screw gun while hanging frames. Police alleged that she made a sexualized remark to her daughter. She then allegedly drove a screw into the girl’s left buttock. The screw remained lodged until the child removed it. Investigators observed a visible mark. Goszczynski was arrested for felony child abuse. She was held on $25,000 bond and ordered not to contact the child. The minor’s identifying information is omitted. The later procedural position is: Charged with felony child abuse and released on $25,000 bond with a no-contact condition; no later plea, dismissal, verdict or sentence was located through August 11, 2026.
That sequence is also why the case date is 2024-07-26. The controlling date is not the August 2026 import date. It is the completed incident, arrest, plea, release, diversion decision or sentence identified in the case-specific chronology. This approach keeps search results, archives and WordPress chronology aligned with what actually happened in the case.
Case-specific record clarification
The physical-injury allegation is what separates this record from an ordinary household accident. Investigators said the screw remained in the 12-year-old’s body until she removed it herself, and officers documented a visible mark. The later arrest, $25,000 bond and no-contact condition are therefore reported as distinct procedural facts, while the child’s identifying information remains omitted.
