FLORIDA CITY, Fla. – A 47-year-old convicted felon was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Monday after confessing to a murder, police said.
Detectives accused Charles Rodgers of fatally shooting Ronnie Robinson, 51, of Homestead, on Nov. 3, in Florida City, and arrested him on Sunday morning.
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Witnesses told police officers that Rodgers admitted to killing Robinson at a bus stop near the intersection of southwest 328 Street and the South Miami-Dade Busway.
Rodgers is from Lehigh Acres and has a criminal record in both Lee and Miami-Dade counties.
In 2009, when a judge sentenced him to seven years in prison for possession of a firearm, ammunition, or concealed weapon, he had five convictions, including two 1997 cases of attempted murder and a 1996 burglary assault.
The Florida Department of Corrections released Rodgers from prison on Feb. 28, 2016. On Monday afternoon, records showed Rodgers was facing a second-degree murder charge.
Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Luis Castro contributed to this report.