MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 43-year-old man stands accused on Monday of attempted murder after a hit-and-run crash in Miami-Dade County.
Witnesses told police officers that the driver of a beige Nissan Altima ran over a victim and dragged a bicycle on Sunday afternoon in the area of Southwest 139 Avenue and 266 Street, records showed.
Dwayne White later admitted to Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies that he ran over the victim with his Nissan Altima, according to the deputies’ arrest report.
“The victim threw a brick at his vehicle’s windshield, causing damage,” White, of Homestead, told deputies, according to the arrest report.
Deputies found the victim “on the swale … bleeding from the mouth and breathing, but in pain,” according to the M-DSO deputies’ arrest report.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel flew the victim, whose condition was critical, to the Jackson South Medical Center, according to deputies.
Miami-Dade corrections booked White at 1:20 a.m. on Monday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.
White faced charges of attempted premeditated murder with a weapon and leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury, records show.
A judge bond court judge denied him bail and ordered him to stay away from the victim. White also has a warrant out for a probation violation.
According to court records, White, a convicted felon, was sentenced to probation from May 15, 2023, to May 14 after a cocaine trafficking conviction.
Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge David H. Young presided over the case, and he was set to preside over the new case.
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