{"id":223098,"date":"2026-04-08T07:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223098\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:46:07","slug":"haitian-illegal-immigrant-rolbert-joachim-bludgeons-florida-mother-to-death-with-hammer-outside-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223098\/","title":{"rendered":"Haitian illegal immigrant Rolbert\u00a0Joachim bludgeons Florida mother to death with hammer outside gas station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Haitian illegal immigrant who was caught and released by the Biden administration in 2022 was arrested after allegedly bludgeoning a mother to death with a hammer on Friday outside a gas station in\u00a0Fort Myers, Florida, in broad daylight.<\/p>\n<p>Rolbert\u00a0Joachim, 40, is charged with\u00a0second-degree murder\u00a0and criminal damage to property, according to Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office jail records.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage appeared to show Joachim\u00a0smashing the woman\u2019s car windshield, approaching her, and repeatedly hitting her in the head with a hammer \u2014 killing her\u00a0in broad daylight, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n<p>The woman, whose identity has not yet been publicly released, was reportedly a store clerk inside the gas station.<\/p>\n<p>She was also the mother of two teenage daughters, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/fort-myers-community-mourns-mother-killed-gas-station\/70930881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a report<\/a>\u00a0from local outlet Gulf Coast News.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)\u00a0assisted\u00a0the Fort Myers Police Department\u00a0in tracking down and\u00a0arresting\u00a0Joachim on Mango Street in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>Joachim\u00a0first entered the US in August 2022\u00a0and was released into the country under the\u00a0Biden administration, according to DHS.<\/p>\n<p>Rolbert Joachim was arrested and charged with\u00a0second-degree murder\u00a0and criminal damage to property on April 2, 2026.  Fort Myers Police Department<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage appeared to show Joachim\u00a0smashing the woman\u2019s car windshield, approaching her, and repeatedly hitting her in the head with a hammer. Fort Myers Police Department<\/p>\n<p>Joachim was spotted walking on the streets before the attack. Fort Myers Police Department<\/p>\n<p>Joachim\u00a0first entered the US in August 2022\u00a0and was released into the country under the\u00a0Biden administration, according to DHS. DHS<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge issued a\u00a0final\u00a0order of removal against him later that year, but he was granted Temporary Protected Status \u2014 which expired in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis illegal alien barbarically hit this woman in the head multiple times with a hammer,\u201d DHS acting assistant secretary Lauren Bis wrote in a statement. \u201cThis heinous murderer was RELEASED into the country by the Biden administration. Not only did the Biden administration release him into the country, but they then gave him temporary protected status. Their reckless\u00a0immigration policies cost this woman her life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ICE has lodged a detainer against\u00a0Joachim, and he will be deported regardless of the outcome of the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrest of this criminal is an example of how\u00a0ICE and local authorities\u00a0can\u00a0work together\u00a0to swiftly bring criminals to justice\u00a0and make our communities safer,\u201d Bis said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Haitian illegal immigrant who was caught and released by the Biden administration in 2022 was arrested after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4864,15289,28,30,29,8367,1877,8234,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-223098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-attacks","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-haiti","14":"tag-ice","15":"tag-illegal-immigrants","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}