Police Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller
Wisner Desmaret
Wisner Desmaret, accused of killing Fort Myers police officer Adam Jobbers-Miller, to be held without bond
By Melanie Payne and Melissa Montoya
The Fort Myers News-Press
The man accused of killing a Fort Myers police officer will remain in jail without bond. And the state attorney will convene a grand jury to consider his case.
Wisner Desmaret was booked into Lee County Jail on Sunday night after spending more than a week in custody at Lee Memorial Hospital. Desmaret sustained non-life threatening gunshot wounds during the incident on July 21.
The 29-year-old is accused of shooting Fort Myers police Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller.
Jobbers-Miller, also 29, died Saturday night. His injuries included a gunshot wound to the head.
In less than 10 minutes, Desmaret's first appearance hearing Monday morning was over, but not before he attempted to clear his name, claiming police were trying to murder him.
Desmaret appeared on a TV screen in a small, third-floor courtroom packed with nearly two dozen law enforcement officers from the Fort Myers Police Department, lawyers, reporters and photographers.
"The defendant has significant mental health issues," said Sean Czarnomski, an attorney with the public defender's office. "We have been in contact with his family. They have no means to bond him out."
Desmaret was encased in a green smock from his shoulders to below his knees. The garment covered his arms and hands and there appeared to be a cinch around the waist. He was surrounded by five officers, two males on each side holding him, one male officer behind him and two female officers in front.
Desmaret was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder, robbery with a firearm, battery on an officer, burglary, larceny, two counts of aggravated assault on law enforcement and obstructing police.
When the judge asked about the two counts of first-degree murder, the prosecutor said one of the counts was for attempted first-degree murder. First-degree murder charges are punishable by death or life in prison.
In Florida, a grand jury needs to indict someone in order to charge them with first-degree murder. In order to seek the death penalty, the state attorney's office will have to decide to convene the death penalty review committee. The committee is made up of experienced prosecutors who determine if the death penalty is warranted. The state attorney would then make the final decision.
The alleged altercation between Jobbers-Miller and Desmaret occurred after a call for a stolen cellphone at the Marathon gas station on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. According to the police report, Jobbers-Miller made contact with Desmaret on Flint Drive, and Desmaret began to run. Jobbers-Miller was shot while attempting to take Desmaret into custody.
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