TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam today announced that officers with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement arrested wanted murder suspect Emmanuel Saint Fleur after he passed through an agriculture interdiction station on Interstate 10 in Madison County. Fleur was wanted by the Miami Gardens Police Department on charges of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder with a firearm, and burglary with an assault while armed.
“Our agricultural law enforcement officers serve day in and day out to protect Floridians and visitors from a variety of threats,” said Commissioner Putnam. “Thanks to the hard work of our officers, Florida is safer with this criminal in custody.”
On April 19, 2017, officers working at agricultural inspection station on Interstate 10 in Live Oak, Suwannee County, were alerted to a stolen truck that had just passed through the inspection station. Agricultural law enforcement officers apprehended the truck at the rest area on Interstate 10 in Madison County and subsequently identified the driver as Emmanuel Saint Fleur, 34, of Miami, Florida.
When confronted concerning the reported stolen status of the truck, Fleur confessed to having stolen the 2006 International truck from a former employer in the Fort Lauderdale area and told the officers that there was a firearm inside of the truck. Officers retrieved the firearm and confirmed it was a stolen weapon. Fleur then admitted that he had shot two people in South Florida.
Saint Fleur was arrested pursuant to the active warrant and on charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, grand theft of a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, each felonies of the third degree, and a first-degree misdemeanor charge of theft of a credit card.
Saint Fleur was transported to the Madison County Jail where he is being held on a no-bond status pending extradition to Miami-Dade County.
Arrested: Emmanuel R. Saint Fleur,
DOB: 12/18/1982
Address: 5601 NW 2nd Avenue, #813, Miami, Florida, 33127
Charges:
Out-of-County Warrant (1st degree murder, et al.) §901.04, Florida Statutes, Capital Felony
Grand Theft / Firearm §812.014(2)(C)5, Felony 3rd Degree
Grand Theft / Motor Vehicle §812.014(2)(C)6, Felony 3rd Degree
Carrying Concealed Firearm §790.01(2), Felony 3rd DegreePossession of Firearm During Felony §790.07(2), Felony 3rd Degree
Theft of Credit Card §817.60(1), Misdemeanor 1st Degree
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