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March 14, 2022
Markeith Loyd hit Orange jail officers after dispute over time outside cell, records show
By Monivette Cordeiro
The Orlando Sentinel
Before he was sentenced to death by a judge, convicted cop killer Markeith Loyd struck three corrections officers at the Orange County jail after a dispute over time outside his cell, records show.
Loyd, 46, was convicted in the 2017 killing of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton. After a jury unanimously recommended he should be executed for fatally shooting Clayton, Circuit Judge Leticia Marques sentenced him to capital punishment March 3.
Less than a week before the sentencing, corrections officers said Loyd attacked them “without provocation” after a Feb. 25 argument over “dayroom time,” according to jail records released by the office of Ocala-based State Attorney Bill Gladson in response to a public records request.
“Dayroom time” is when those incarcerated are allowed a brief period to use the phones and watch TV, jail spokesperson Tracy Zampaglione said.
In statements, Officers Alexander Rodriguez and Richard Salansky said they entered the administrative segregation unit where Loyd was housed around 8 a.m. to let those incarcerated out for dayroom time.
Earlier, Loyd had requested to be the first to leave his cell and told officers that former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, who is housed in the same unit as he awaits sentencing for several federal offenses, did not want to come out, according to the records.
After Rodriguez confirmed Greenberg did not want to come out, he released Loyd from his cell a few minutes after 8 a.m., the records said. Loyd began questioning why Rodriguez didn’t allow him out of his cell earlier, at 7:30 a.m.
When Rodriguez told Loyd that dayroom time always starts at 8 a.m., Loyd unexpectedly lunged at the officer, grabbing his neck and shoulder area, the officers reported. Rodriguez said he hit Loyd in the face then felt Loyd punching him repeatedly in the head area, which caused him to fall onto Salansky.
Rodriguez said Loyd stood over him and ordered him “not to get up,” according to the statement.
While on the ground, Rodriguez kicked Loyd and doused him with a chemical spray, records said. Loyd went back into his cell, but then came back out and was Tased by Salansky, though it had no effect.
Loyd then ran up to and struck another guard, Officer Robert Carter, who ultimately helped the other two officers take down Loyd.
Loyd was ultimately placed in restraints by more officers after “several minutes [of] continuous fighting,” according to the records.
No attorneys for Loyd could be reached for comment. Attorney Terence Lenamon, who led Loyd’s defense at both his trials, said he was no longer representing him.
After the incident, a supervisor noted Carter and Salansky appeared to look OK, though Rodriguez did have a red mark on his face and his shirt was ripped open, according to the records. Rodriguez declined to press charges against Loyd, though Loyd was given two disciplinary infractions for battery on a staff member and aggravated refusal to follow staff’s orders.
All three officers told the supervisor they were seeking worker’s compensation for the injuries experienced, records said.
Loyd is currently being housed on death row at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford.
“This has nothing to do with you,” Loyd told Carter during the altercation, according to the officer’s statement. “I’m going to knock you out.”
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