WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A retired Polk County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested over the weekend after fleeing from deputies with an unrestrained child in the front seat of his car, according to officials.

The sheriff's office said the suspect was identified as Robert Gray, 49, and was arrested on multiple charges , including fleeing to elude, negligent child abuse and reckless driving.

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What we know:

Deputies said they first received reports of a suspicious man in a McDonald's drive-thru, located at 6890 Cypress Gardens Boulevard in Winter Haven. This happened just after 5:15 p.m. on Sunday evening.

The caller told officials that the man was in a black Chevy Tahoe, and that the man had come through the drive-thru lane twice,

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