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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