A Florida construction worker is accused of killing his boss during an argument that may have been sparked by politics, authorities said.
Mason Trever Toney, 28, was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office late Monday in the fatal stabbing of his friend and boss, William Steven Knight, 28, at a work site near Orlando along the Florida Turnpike, deputies announced on Twitter.
https://nypost.com/2020/01/21/florida-man-may-have-killed-trump-supporting-boss-over-politics/
Knight and Toney had been arguing earlier that morning as they rode into work together, possibly about their opposing political views – with Toney “anti-government” and Knight a supporter of President Donald Trump, according to Detective Fabian Ramirez in an affidavit.
Toney is “very outspoken about his belief that the government is bad and out to get him,” the detective wrote.
Knight, like his friend, was also “outspoken” about his political views but was “pro Donald Trump,” according to the affidavit.
Investigators found a brand-new American flag and its packaging placed near Knight’s body after his murder.
Toney allegedly killed Knight with a trowel just after the pair arrived at work, according to the affidavit, obtained by the Orlando Sentinel.
The men had driven to a job site near Exit 254 earlier Monday, coworkers who saw the slaying told investigators. The workers then saw Toney standing over Knight as the man yelled for help about 10:30 a.m., Ramirez wrote in the affidavit.
Witnesses said they saw Toney “repeatedly stabbing” Knight with a trowel, the affidavit states.
Toney then “began to advance” on the witnesses who saw the slaying with what they believed was a knife.
He also called other workers at the site “terrorists” before fleeing the scene in a white Dodge Ram truck, authorities said.
Toney was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder. He remained held without bail Tuesday at the Orange County Jail, online records show.
Knight’s father said his son had attended school with Toney for nearly his entire life.
“He was a friend of the family,” William Knight told WESH. “My son went to elementary school with him and to middle school and high school.”
Knight was also looking for answers in son’s killing, he said.
“I just want to know why,” he told the station.
Credit: NYP
Another nut. I am sure the news wont report this one either
Jonathan Orlick they just did
Jonathan Orlick…, OMG…, once again proving Trump supporters are dumb
Lew Fiord I love how tough everyone gets when they talk shit behind a screen. No one said I was an anything supporter. Just realize how simpletons like yourself play unfair & usually don’t state actual news. Feel the Bern Lew. Nice face DICK
we need knife control!! sporks only from here on out!!!
Dunbar I can do amazing things with a spork ????
Jason Graves lmfao!!!
Liberals. Against guns but they will stab a person over politics. And not even over a Popeyes chicken sandwich either.
Glenn Spina the article pretty much calls him an anarchist lol
Glenn Spina Did you read the article? He doesn’t fit the description of a liberal.
Yes he does Johnny because he’s not tolerant
Jim Carruthers ah yes, the republicans that held up dummy’s of obama being lynched at his inauguration. the epitome of tolerance right there
Johnny Kash…, glenn Spina is a Trump support being educated and the ability to read are not their bag of tricks
If bullshit politics on either causes one to do this. Then you should not have the “right” to vote
Scott A Barnes well now that he will be a convicted felon he gave up those rights!! ????
Eric Martin yeah. The point was no one has the right to judge or get all “angry” at those who are different politically. Both sides are shit anyway
Eric Martin
Eric Martin not the rate we’re going. They will soon be able to vote, have three squares a day, the world is changing so much for the worse and we are giving criminals more and more rights
Alex Marcopul uhh they get three squares a day. Practically a free gym
Scott A Barnes lol I got it.
Wtf
Barbara Lynn why are you surprised…?
Glenn Jensen ????????♀️. People Ugh
Barbara Lynn people have been coddled for so long they can’t face reality
No unemployment for you. How dumb to get that heated over politics.
Trump 2020
“may have been” , and “alleged”…story is incomplete.
John Coluccio would you prefer the story be libelous lol
Piece of shit throw him in the can for life!
Exchelle Gulfo
Melissa Brantley yea lunatic
Mad Maxine encouraged violence against Trump supporters, why isn’t the media calling for her head on a plate? Everytime someone with a Trump bumper sticker commits an act of violence they blame him… Maxine Waters actual asked for violence!
In which the blood should be on her hands
If I was the family of the person who got murdered I’ll be filing a wrongful death suit against her
Well, Trump time and time and time said we need to fight foreigns. In Trump’s first year in office hate crime went up 17% and has to continued to increase a a rapid rate like this country has never seen before
Lew Fiord Does that number include all the whites being attacked on the street for being white? Because that number seems awful high, but hate crimes against whites usually aren’t counted.
All that tolerance.
Sick puppy.
Pos
IMO, This is the result of all the hate speech that has been spewing fro those on the left, Maxine Waters, Rev Al, AL Green, Me Jackson Lee And the rest of those race baiters! Lets not forget the media pushing this hate every single day.
Tim Reid 100%!
But the mainstream media and the liberal leftists will tell you that it’s completely warranted, because after all, all Trump supporters are racist, violent, bigoted pieces of garbage incapable of human emotion
????
Your both sick people and your ignorance is the reason for Americas division.
According to the DOJ, FBI and every watch group of hate crimes since . Trump time and time and time said we need to fight foreigns. In Trump’s first year in office hate crime went up 17% and has to continued to increase a a rapid rate like this country has never seen before
But…Gun control
Should we have knife laws now like they have gun laws
Now if somebody stabbed their boss to death for being a Democrat it would be trumps fault
John Kornas
Patrick Velardi sdfm
John Kornas we win
That’s two less people voting this election
Clyde Sampsel
The left has become an angry mob. They will literally stab you to death. If you disagree with them.
Chris Freel really name all of them?
Emil Donofrio I don’t talk to the angry mob. They might stab me.
One person? Do you get blamed when someone drives a car into a crowd of people
Is my comment making you angry?
John E Baumgartner actually, YES!!! According to most liberals, youre a racist for just supporting president trump!!
Timothy DiMondi crazy shit!
Both sides are bullshit anyway to be quite honest. I have no issue admitting I do not like the president however this is clearly a little much. Prayers for the family of the victim this is sad
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But yet Trump supporters are crazy and nuts yeah ????
Kristee Lee a group calling themselves the The Base were arrested what would you consider them peace living Republicans who happen to be Nazis.
Emil Donofrio You Really are an Idiot just like the rest of these little snowflakes ???????? but most of you Demtards are so!!!
Oh Frank Lippincott here’s another delusional idiot
Dude stop getting fake news and worrying about bashing our president and work on that George Costanzo hairstyle you got happening
Frank Lippincott ????????????????????????????????????
Rob Antonetti becareful bro….lol
Nick Merola see what Robbie Mahan and his comrades are up to?!?!
Probably pissed the boss actually made him work for his paycheck.
What happened to just going to work doing your job & going home w leaving politics behind ?
How about people just calming there tempers..
Michelle Rutledge…you have made me EXTREMELY ANGRY…you used ‘there’ instead of the PROPER word…’their’… DO NOT let it happen again!!????????????
#TRUMPRULES
Walter Krzyzkowski lol
People talk at work duh! Never had a job were we don’t conversate, especially about politics
Seems like a long time to sit in jail over a difference in opinions.
Some people are really crazy! If you don’t want a conversation walk away.
If he would brutally stab and kill his boss/ friend imagine what he would do to a stranger. Hopefully he has zero children
Wow!!!!
I say this all the time. Enough with baning guns and how dangerous they are. If someone wants to do harm they can with anything. Car, Bat, Knife. Crazy will be crazy.
Send him some Mets tickets.
The butt hurt is real !!!
Make no mistake!!
More proof that LIBERAL Democrats are absolutely insane
Liberal logic
Guess who his President still is?
That’s how Dems act
JC
The party of acceptance
Don’t drop the ????.
Suzanne Bollard Kopf
Jennifer Bollard Kennett I saw. crazy!
Trump Derangement Syndrome. It’s real
This is wayyyy out of control. Horrible
Leftist POS!
Cause its always the conservatives faults ????????
Ahhh Florida you dont disappoint
I get alot of death threats on Facebook, but never when I’m out in public, I’m waiting for the day someone tries it…
David Meyer they dont have the balls, I get them 24/7. Nobody has ever said anything face to face.
Guns don’t kill people, politics does.
Why is this on the ocean county scanners if it happened in Florida
put him on trial with no witness or no testimony no documents