‘Risk to society.’ Miami man tries to stab person over alleged fake sneakers: cops
A “trivial” argument over whether a pair of sneakers were fake led to a Miami man trying to stab someone in the face and chest in mid-December, police say. The would-be stabber turned himself in on Wednesday.
Jose Leonardo Chacon Martinez, 34, is facing a charge of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, an arrest report read. An alleged getaway driver with Chacon, 28-year-old Gerdenson Rodolfo Rodriguez-Ordonez, was also arrested and charged with accessory after the fact, possessing cocaine with intent to sell, possessing ketamine with intent to sell and possessing marijuana with intent to sell.
According to the report:
During the early afternoon of Dec. 17, an unnamed man was with his friends in front of a Five Guys restaurant, 3256 Buena Vista Boulevard, when Chacon suddenly approached them. Chacon abruptly started talking to one of the man’s friends, telling them that their shoes were counterfeit Jordans.
He told him to take off one of the shoes so he could examine it. The friend obliged. Still arguing about the authenticity of the shoe, Chacon said without prompting that he had arrived in the U.S. eight years ago by plane and owned many Jordans that did not look like the friend’s shoes.
The unnamed man stepped in for his friend and asked what Chacon’s coming to the country had to do with fake shoes. An angry Chacon said, “You’re going to ask me that?
Chacon called the group a bunch of kids and the man told him it would be best if he left. Chacon replied, “I’m going to go get my gun.”
He walked to his blue scooter and instead chose to drive away but told the man, “I’ll be back, you shall see.”
About five to 10 minutes later, the man felt a tug on his shoulder and turned around to see Chacon thrust a large kitchen knife toward his chest. The man dodged the jab and pulled out his phone to record.
Chacon thrusted again and missed but knocked the phone out of the man’s hands. When the man went to grab his phone from the ground, Chacon tried to stab him in the face. The man ran away as a friend rescued his phone.
Now being recorded, Chacon quickly entered the passenger seat of a red Hyundai being driven by Rodriguez-Ordonez, who began arguing with the group of men. Chacon got out of the car, failed to stab the man again and then drove off with Rodriguez-Ordonez, police said.
On Dec. 19, Miami police detectives arrested Rodriguez-Ordonez and, after a lengthy interview, charged him. Authorities later searched his getaway car and found several types of narcotics, leading to drug charges.
On Wednesday, Chacon turned himself in to Miami police. It’s unclear why authorities did not apprehend him sooner.
A police detective noted in Chacon’s arrest report that he should not be allowed to leave jail as he awaits trial.
“Given [Chacon’s] violent nature regarding a trivial matter such as counterfeit shoes, [he] is an imminent risk to society,” the detective wrote. “I am requesting [Chacon] be held without bond for the safety of the public.”
As of Thursday, he was given no bond and will remain in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Rodriguez-Ordonez also remains in jail with his bond still pending.
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