An 18-year-old named Jerrell Noah Jones is facing an attempted second-degree murder charge after an incident in Orange County where he allegedly struck a man with his car and ran over the victim's head multiple times. According to WESH, the arrest stems from a Sept. 16 hit-and-run event at the intersection of Silver Star Road and Belco Drive.
Deputies, after responding to the late-night reports of the incident involving a vehicle, found the victim, identified as 33-year-old Anthony Fred Brown. He was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center with severe injuries, including a fractured skull and several brain bleeds.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office later identified the car through traffic cameras and executed a traffic stop on Sept. 30. During the stop, Jones, his girlfriend, and another passenger were questioned. While Jones denied seeing the victim or having involvement, his girlfriend confided to deputies that she believed Jones had run over the man intentionally. Speaking to deputies, she recalled asking Jones why he did it. Jones replied, "I thought he had something," as cited in the ClickOrlando report.
Moreover, the troubling discovery of a search for "ways to cover up a hit-and-run" on a phone belonging to another individual in the car at the time of the arrest adds to the weight of the case against Jones. "Jerrell backed up to see if he ran over the male, then turned the vehicle to the right and drove off," said the girlfriend during the investigation, detailing the moments after the incident, according to what WESH obtained from the affidavit.
At present, the victim's condition remains critical, and due to the injuries suffered, he was reported to have an "altered mental status," complicating efforts to obtain his account of the incident. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate, drawing upon the witness accounts and the physical evidence gathered to date.
