

This time, however, he said Smith allegedly “came out of nowhere” and started strangling him.Īccording to the affidavit, after Smith was in custody he told officers he had been following the jogger for approximately six weeks to learn the man’s daily routine but only decided to murder him after watching a violent movie, though police did not specify which movie. The victim reportedly told investigators that he jogs the same route about four times per week using headphones and listening to music. The defendant then “tossed the clothing robe belt over the victim’s head until it was around the front area of the victim’s neck” and pulled it tight for “several seconds” causing a visible physical injury to the victim’s neck. The defendant waited for the victim to run past the light pole and proceeded to run after him,” a Brevard County deputy wrote in an arrest affidavit obtained by the station. He placed the mallet and the Axe aerosol on the ground next to him while he waited for the to come running down the street as he did regularly for exercise. “The defendant walked directly across his street where he hid behind a light pole. Smith allegedly planned the attack for weeks and brought several instruments, including a rubber mallet, with him when he allegedly attacked the man in front of Smith’s home located in the 7400 block of Batavia Avenue in Cocoa. However, Smith was reportedly overpowered by the victim, who reportedly studies martial arts then detained Smith until deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office arrived on the scene and placed him under arrest. Smith allegedly attacked the jogger in the area of Batavia and Kings Highway, about 45 minutes east of Orlando. Potters is heard saying he was struck around the same time the suspect appears to be wounded in the leg by return fire.Logan Smith courtesy of the Brevard County Sheriff’s OfficeĪ Florida man was arrested this week after authorities say he ambushed and strangled a jogger whom he’d been tracking for weeks and allegedly planned to murder so he could keep the man’s body in his closet to “fulfill his sexual fantasies.” Logan Smith, 18, was taken into custody Monday and charged with one count of attempted murder, Orlando Fox affiliate WOFL reported. The deputy is seen approaching the rear passenger door, when it flies open and the suspect jumps out and opens fire.įootage shows the gunman taking cover in front of the car, putting the baby seated inside at risk, said the sheriff. Ivey explained there was a two-month-old baby and dog in the car. Deputy killed in hours-long hostage standoff in Californiaĭashcam footage shows Thoman talking to a woman outside a police vehicle, while a man is seen leaning against the trunk of the car in front of it.Mom of brothers charged with murdering Chicago cop arrested trying to visit son.

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