The Central Florida man who murdered his girlfriend in Volusia County before shooting at detectives during a foot chase in Sanford has been convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to two more life terms in prison.
A jury recently convicted 36-year-old B P. M of multiple charges based on evidence presented at a three-day trial by Seminole County prosecutors Jacob Polk, Richard Babcock and Paul Brill. At sentencing, M received the following prison terms for firing at the Seminole County sheriff’s detectives in 2021: Attempted first-degree premeditated murder of a law enforcement officer – Life imprisonment, Second-degree attempted murder on a law enforcement officer – Life imprisonment, and Aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer – 15 years.
The box-cutter killer was arrested by Seminole County deputies April 21, 2021, the day after he slashed and stabbed 28-year-old Amy Humphries 77 times with a box cutter in her new Volkswagen Jetta, then dumped her body near a walking trail in Osteen. The DeLand man reportedly was angry that Humphries couldn’t buy him a handgun.
Seminole County detectives spotted M and the victim’s Volkswagen outside a laundromat on U.S 17/92 in Sanford and tried to contact the suspect. But M ran, then turned and fired a handgun at detectives several times as they gave chase. The deputies returned fire and quickly brought down M in the backyard of a home.
M was tried and convicted of Humphries’ murder in Volusia County in 2023. He was sentenced there to life in state prison without parole.
In Seminole County, prosecutors made the case at trial that M was a Prison Releasee Reoffender, ensuring that he could receive maximum prison sentences. At sentencing, Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler ordered that M’s life terms for attempted murder be served consecutively, further guaranteeing that M will not be released from prison.
M represented himself at both trials.
“We don’t know the extent of the defendant’s malicious intentions, wishes or goals that day in April,” said Babcock. “But what we do know is this: Through the courageous efforts of Detective Daniel Brown, Detective Spencer Sheldon, Detective Blake Reiss, and Sgt. Kiel Bryant, those desires were extinguished, and the community was protected against any further harm at the hands of the defendant. These deputies didn’t run from danger, but met it head on. Seminole County is a safer place because of their actions that day.”
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Source: westorlandonews
