Clearwater Police homicide detectives are investigating a fatal stabbing.
The incident occurred shortly before 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Janaury, 26, 2021 at the Sunset Lounge located at 2558 Sunset Point Road.
The victim, 33 year-old Samir Dauti, was taken to Mease Countryside Hospital, where he died less than an hour later.
Jarvis Miles, age 34, left the scene and is facing charges of second-degree murder. Detectives say Miles pulled a knife during a fight at the bar and stabbed Dauti.
Police say that Dauti was trying to intervene in the fight as a peacemaker when he was stabbed; he was not involved in the original altercation.
Detectives were able to locate two other people who were with Miles and involved in the fight: Christopher Pittman, age 31, who pointed a gun at another man, and Shannon Carias, age 43, who struck another woman in the head with a pool stick. Both were booked in to the Pinellas County Jail on Wednesday morning. Pittman was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm; Carias was charged with aggravated battery. The murder weapon, a knife, was recovered by detectives.
Miles has been arrested nearly a dozen times in Pinellas County since 2008. He has multiple tattoos over his body, including on his neck and face.
According to Clearwater Police, as of Thursday evening, Jarvis Miles is currently being booked into the Pinellas County Jail. Police say that Miles turned himself in and facing second degree murder charges.
Clearwater Police announced as additional arrest on Friday morning. Detectives have charged a 27-year-old Angela Brandes with assisting a murder suspect who was on the run.
Brandes was charged with accessory after the fact. She was booked in to the Pinellas County Jail on Thursday night, around the same time as Jarvis Miles.
Brandes is accused of assisting him financially and with transportation. She helped find a place for them to stay and also arranged for a car rental. When friends learned of the murder warrant and asked why she was helping him, she responded, “Because I love him.”
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