An Arizona man is sitting behind bars for allegedly stabbing a Miami gas station attendant over a can of beer, records show.
Billy Joe Martin, 39, is being held at Miami-Dade Corrections on charges of attempted murder, armed robbery and assault on a law enforcement officer.
A mugshot of Billy Joe Martin.
(Miami-Dade Corrections)
Police say Martin walked into a gas station located in the 500 block of Northwest 79th Street Monday afternoon, took a drink from the cooler, and put it in his pocket.
The clerk asked Martin what he had in his pocket, at which point Martin became aggressive, the police report says. Martin entered the glass-covered area where the employee was, then began beating and stabbing him with a knife multiple times, according to the report. Surveillance footage shows the employee fighting back.
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Martin left the glass covered area with a pack of Newport cigarettes. The employee called the police and locked the doors of the gas station, trapping Martin inside. Police responded to the scene. Martin was electrocuted by one of the responding officers and arrested, the report says. The knife the suspect used in the attack was found in his pocket.
Police were unable to interview Martin because he continued to be aggressive towards officers. A separate report says Martin hit his head on the Plexiglas partition and then spat at an officer and hurled racial and ethnic slurs.
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Martin, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, is being held without bond. Online records do not indicate whether he has retained an attorney who can speak on his behalf.
