A Florida man who had been on the run from police after allegedly killing a man in a home invaded by squatters was taken into custody after a routine traffic stop, according to police records.
Miami police responded to a vacant home in the northeast part of the city last Sunday where they discovered a fatal shooting victim identified as Lamont Ferguson, according to NBC Miami.
The house is owned by a local immigration attorney, Maria Escandell, but while she was working on renovating the property, squatters allegedly moved in and took over.
“Someone broke into the house, changed the locks and stayed there as if they owned the property. “We called the police, we made a report and the police told us not to do anything, to stay away from the property because they need to investigate,” Escandell told the outlet.
From Sunday to Wednesday, area police investigated the shooting and searched for the perpetrator until a routine traffic stop for an expired license plate helped solve the case, NBC Miami reported.
The driver of the car, Larry March, 45, was reportedly agitated during the stop and police found “cocaine cookies,” a machete and a gun in the vehicle.
From Sunday to Wednesday, area police investigated the shooting and searched for the perpetrator until a routine traffic stop for an expired license plate helped solve the case.Google Maps
While in police custody, a woman identified as March’s girlfriend told police that the suspect had kidnapped her and claimed he was behind Ferguson’s murder the previous Sunday.
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The unidentified woman told police that March became angry on Wednesday because she was texting other people, including a co-worker, according to prosecutors.
“He wants to check his phone. And then she became agitated after seeing text messages from other people and then started attacking her. She fears for her life. He pulls out a gun, waves it at her and says ‘tell me the truth,’” a state prosecutor said in court when describing the allegations, NBC Miami reported.
He allegedly forced her into his car and hit her repeatedly.
She managed to escape just hours before he was detained for the expired tag, according to the charges.
The girlfriend alleged she was at the home hit by squatters the day March allegedly killed Ferguson.
He said March shot Ferguson four to five times before they fled the scene, NBC Miami reported.
Police investigated the gun recovered from March’s vehicle and said it matched the gun used to shoot Ferguson.
March was denied bail and charged with kidnapping, assault, drug possession and second-degree murder.
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