{"id":224644,"date":"2026-04-09T10:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224644\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:42:33","slug":"haitian-illegal-immigrant-rolbert-joachin-bludgeons-florida-mother-to-death-with-hammer-outside-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224644\/","title":{"rendered":"Haitian illegal immigrant Rolbert\u00a0Joachin bludgeons Florida mother to death with hammer outside gas station"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Haitian illegal immigrant released into the US by the Biden administration\u2019s lax immigration policies allegedly bludgeoned a Florida mother at a gas station in a brazen daylight attack.<\/p>\n

Rolbert Jaochin, 40, is accused of striking the 51-year-old woman multiple times, leaving her to die in the parking lot outside a Chevron gas station in Fort Myers around 7:20 a.m. Friday, according to court records viewed by The Post.<\/p>\n

The woman was found by first responders outside the convenience store, not breathing, lying in a pool of blood around her head, according to the documents.<\/p>\n

Rolbert Joachin was arrested and charged with\u00a0second-degree murder\u00a0and criminal damage to property on April 2, 2026. Fort Myers Police Department<\/p>\n

She was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:27 a.m.<\/p>\n

Joachin had been seen outside the convenience store holding a \u201cmallet\u201d in one hand and a knife in the other before the alleged attack, when he began striking the windshield of a black SUV.<\/p>\n

Joachin then allegedly whacked the woman \u2014 who had stepped out of a nearby store \u2014 in the head, causing her to fall to the ground, a witness told police.<\/p>\n

The woman, whose identity has not yet been publicly released, was reportedly a store clerk inside the gas station.<\/p>\n

Surveillance footage appeared to show Joachin\u00a0smashing the woman\u2019s car windshield, approaching her, and repeatedly hitting her in the head with a hammer. Fort Myers Police Department<\/p>\n

She was also the mother of two teenage daughters, according to\u00a0a report<\/a>\u00a0from local outlet Gulf Coast News.<\/p>\n

He then allegedly took advantage of the defenseless woman and struck her several more times with the hammer.<\/p>\n

Witnesses described the weapon as a metal mallet with a blue rubber handle.<\/p>\n

Joachin was spotted walking on the streets before the attack. Fort Myers Police Department<\/p>\n

The woman, whose name has not been publicly released, was not armed and did not pose a threat to Joachin as she had her arms at her side, police found.<\/p>\n

Officials released surveillance footage of Joachin walking around wearing a yellow graphic T-shirt and shorts.<\/p>\n

The Haitian native arrived in the US in August 2022 and was released into the country by the Biden administration, which had granted him Temporary Protected Status, according to the\u00a0Department of Homeland Security.<\/a><\/p>\n

Joachin\u00a0first entered the US in August 2022\u00a0and was released into the country under the\u00a0Biden administration, according to DHS. DHS<\/p>\n

Joachin is being held in the Lee County Jail. Lee County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

Joachin had been issued a \u201cfinal order of removal\u201d by a judge, but he was safe because of the TPS that ran out in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThis illegal alien barbarically hit this woman in the head multiple times with a hammer. This 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 immigration policies cost this woman her life,\u201d DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said. \u201cThe arrest of this criminal is an example of how ICE and local authorities can work together to swiftly bring criminals to justice and make our communities safer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a detainer on Joachin and he will \u201cbe deported regardless of the outcome of this case,\u201d according to the DHS.<\/p>\n

Several officers recognized the man from prior encounters, identifying the suspect as Joachin.<\/p>\n

He was spotted walking in the area of Mango Street and was detained and brought to the police station.<\/p>\n

Through an interpreter speaking Creole, Joachin was read his rights before confessing to the brutal murder, according to court records.<\/p>\n

No motive was revealed for the brutal murder, and Joachin is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He was charged with homicide (murder dangerous depraved without premeditation) and criminal mischief, damage of property over $1,000.<\/p>\n

With Post wires <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Haitian illegal immigrant released into the US by the Biden administration\u2019s lax immigration policies allegedly bludgeoned a…\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-224644","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\/224644","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=224644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224644\/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=224644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}