Deputies: 2 arrested in Marion County after man killed during June robbery
Updated: 5:21 PM EST Feb 21, 2024
NEWS STARTS NOW. A MAN WITH A PENDING CRIMINAL CASE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA IS NOW IMPLICATED IN CRIMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 26 YEAR OLD RAD AL-MANSOORI FACES POSSIBLE CHARGES FOR VIOLENT ACTS IN ARIZONA AND NEW YORK WHILE HE’S AWAITING TRIAL IN ORANGE COUNTY COURT. WESH 2’S DAVE MCDANIEL SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WHO SAYS HER COWORKER ATTACKED HER LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. UM, I DIDN’T KNOW THAT HE COULD TURN OUT TO BE THIS MONSTER AT FIRST, BUT HE DEFINITELY GAVE OFF LIKE, WEIRD VIBES. IT WAS APRIL OF LAST YEAR, AND LEAH POULTON CALLED FOR POLICE FROM THIS ORANGE COUNTY CONVENIENCE STORE IN BOGGY CREEK ROAD. SHE HAD CONVINCED HER ALLEGED ATTACKER, 26 YEAR OLD ROD AL-MANSOORI, TO LET HER USE THE RESTROOM THERE AFTER SHE SAYS SHE WAS ATTACKED AT HER ORLANDO APARTMENT. HE GETS ON TOP OF ME AND JUST IMMEDIATELY GOES FOR THE THROAT AND STARTS STRANGLING ME, SHE SAYS. HE CAME AFTER HER AFTER SHE SAID HE WASN’T THE PERSON SHE THOUGHT HE WAS, AND ASKED HIM TO STAY AWAY FROM HER, SCREAMING, I’LL KILL YOU! WHILE HE WAS DOING IT, HE WAS LIKE, I HATE THAT I HAVE TO DO THIS. I HATE THAT I HAVE TO KILL YOU. WHEN THE ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THAT CONVENIENCE. STORE, THE VICTIM’S CAR WAS DRIVEN AWAY BY AL-MANSOORI. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT THAT AL-MANSOORI WAS ARRESTED THE NEXT DAY IN SUMTER COUNTY, TRANSFERRED BACK TO ORANGE COUNTY FOR THE ATTACK CHARGES MOST CHARGES NEVER OFFICIALLY FILED, ONLY THE THEFT OF HER CAR STILL MOVING FORWARD IN COURT ANYWHERE THAT HE’S VISITED. THERE’S POTENTIAL THAT THERE ARE OTHER VICTIMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. NOW. NEW YORK AUTHORITIES HAVE ANNOUNCED AL-MANSOORI IS A SUSPECT IN THE BEATING DEATH OF A WOMAN AT A SOHO HOTEL NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO. THAT THAT AFTER LEARNING HE WAS IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING TWO STABBINGS ON BACK TO BACK DAYS IN ARIZONA, AS A SUBJECT, TOLD ARIZONA COPS THAT HE HEARD THREE ADDITIONAL GIRLS IN FLORIDA, HE GOT A RUSH FROM ALMOST KILLING ME LIKE IT ACTUALLY TURNED HIM ON, LEAH JILLIAN SAYS. SHE WAS ONE OF THEM. SHE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE STRANGLED ME IN ORANGE COUNTY, DAVE MCDANIEL WESH TWO NEWS LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAID THE EVIDENCE OF VIOLENCE IN THE LOCAL CASE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO FILE FORMAL CHARGES WITH THE NEW INFORMATION, THE OFFICE HAS FILED PAPERWORK TO REVOKE HIS BOND IN ORANGE COUNTY. AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND NO ONE ELSE CAN HELP, CONTACT AT THE WESH TWO INVESTIGATES TEAM. QUESTIONABLE CONTRACTS, BAD DEALS OR OUTRIGHT RIP OFFS. LET THE WESH TWO INVESTIGATES TEAM LOOK INTO YOUR TROUBLES. IF YOU’RE WILLING TO TELL US YOUR STORY, JUST EMAIL THE DETAILS TO INVESTIGATES AT WESH.COM NANCY I FEEL LIKE WE’VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR WEEKS NOW. GRAB A JACKET, TURN UP THE HEAT. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO DROP AGAIN TONIGHT IN THE 30S. IN SOME PARTS OF OUR AREA, BUT IT’S PRETTY. IT’S REALLY COLD. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST WARNING CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TONY MAINOLFI TRACKING THE CHANGES FOR US. WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, THOUGH. IT’S A LOT BETTER, THOUGH, THAN HAVING ALL OF THAT RAIN LIKE WE HAD OVER THE WEEKEND, THOUGH, GUYS. RIGHT. LOOK AT THE VISIBILITY. LOOK AT THAT SKY. LOVE IT. COBALT BLUE. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SATELLITE RADAR. LITTLE DISTURBANCE WELL OFF THE EAST COAST. THERE YOU CAN SEE THE WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH. LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE IN PALM COAST RIGHT NOW 57 DEGREES 61 NEW SMYRNA BEACH, STILL IN THE UPPER 60S HERE IN ORLANDO. WE DID CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 70S. TODAY. THE AIR IS VERY, VERY DRY. BUT AS WE GET DEEPER INTO THE EVENING, THE DEW POINTS WILL COME UP. BUT RIGHT AROUND SUNSET, THERE’S GOING TO BE A NICE LITTLE DROP OFF IN THE TEMPERATURES, AND THE WINDS ARE A BIT BRISK OUT THERE TODAY. THEY WILL SLACKEN ON OFF AFTER SUNSET. EVENING PLANNER HERE 60, 56, 54. IF YOU’RE RUNNING ERRANDS THIS EVENING, YOU’LL DEFINITELY WANT TO CARRY A JACKET THERE WITH YOU BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO GET COLD NOW AFTER THE DARK AND VERY COLD BY DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING. 37 UP IN OCALA. PATCHY FROST THERE. WILDWOOD AND 3940. SOME PATCHY FROST. METRO AREAS RIGHT AROUND 45 BACK TOWARDS THE COAST. MIDDLE AND UPPER 40S. NOW WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER DAY OF PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW. THINGS WILL CLIMB UP INTO THE 70S. FROM THERE WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME RAIN AND THEN SOME COOLER WEATHER FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND BREAKING IT ALL DOWN. PLUS WE’VE GOT THOSE RUN DISNEY RACES. WHEN I SEE YOU COMING UP AT 518. NEW AT FIVE ORLANDO POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN ACCUSED OF SEVERAL BURGLARIES AT LOCAL BUSINESSES. OH, WELL, THAT’S LIV SUMMER. S. YEAH, THAT’S BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF THE MOMENT SHAQUILLE NELSON WAS ARRESTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. OFFICERS SAY THEY CAUGHT HIM LEAVING A LENSCRAFTERS STORE ON EAST COLONIAL DRIVE. NELSON REMAINS IN JAIL TONIGHT. HE FAC
Deputies: 2 arrested in Marion County after man killed during June robbery
Updated: 5:21 PM EST Feb 21, 2024
ABOVE: A look at the top storiesTwo people are in custody after a man was killed in Marion County.The body of Wayne Barlow was found in the area of Northwest 77th Terrace and West Highway 326 on June 27. According to the sheriff’s office, a medical examiner determined the cause of Barlow’s death was a gunshot wound, and there was also evidence of blunt force trauma and strangulation. Deputies said the suspects, 47-year-old Michael Montgomery and 37-year-old Jessica Long, planned to steal the victim’s vehicle.Montgomery pulled Barlow out of the car and attacked him, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Long drove as Montgomery started to attack the victim. The two suspects were arrested on the charges of murder while engaged in robbery.
MARION COUNTY, Fla. —
Two people are in custody after a man was killed in Marion County.
The body of Wayne Barlow was found in the area of Northwest 77th Terrace and West Highway 326 on June 27.
According to the sheriff’s office, a medical examiner determined the cause of Barlow’s death was a gunshot wound, and there was also evidence of blunt force trauma and strangulation.
Deputies said the suspects, 47-year-old Michael Montgomery and 37-year-old Jessica Long, planned to steal the victim’s vehicle.
Montgomery pulled Barlow out of the car and attacked him, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Long drove as Montgomery started to attack the victim.
The two suspects were arrested on the charges of murder while engaged in robbery.
