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An inmate at the Monroe County Detention Center on Stock Island was charged with aggravated battery on his cellmate on Saturday afternoon.

The corrections deputy working in the cell block told Deputy Seth Hopp he heard cries for help coming from one of the cells at about 3 p.m. Saturday. The Sheriff’s Department reports that when Hopp approached the cell, he saw 30 year old Darvin Cano Murillo sitting on top of 61 year old David Reedy. Murillo had a mesh laundry bag wrapped around Reedy’s neck and was strangling him.

The deputy intervened in the attack and called for someone from the medical unit to respond to assist Reedy. Murillo told the officer he attacked his cellmate because he snored too loudly.

The victim said he was sleeping and woke to find the bag around his neck. He said he struggled with Murillo for several minutes before being able to call out for help.

Murillo was charged with aggravated battery.

Murillo who is from Lehigh Acres, Florida has been in jail since May when he was arrested after he broke a window to gain access to a Marathon home. The man who lives there with his family struggled with him, holding him until deputies arrived. Sgt. Chuck Kellenberger was first on the scene at the home on 109th Street in Marathon at 5 a.m. When he arrived, he heard a woman yelling for help. He entered the home and found the suspect being held on the floor by the male victim. According to the victims, they were sleeping in the bedroom with their one year old son when they heard glass breaking in the room next door, and heard their dog barking. When the male victim opened the bedroom door he saw 30 year old Darvin Cano Murillo rushing at him. The two men struggled. The victim managed to hold Cano Murillo on the floor until deputies arrived. Cano Murillo was arrested. He lost consciousness during the struggle with the victim so he was transported to Fishermen’s Hospital to be checked out before he was booked into jail. He was charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling and criminal mischief.

Reedy was arrested in January and is being held on a charge of violation of sex offender registration requirements. He was treated for his injuries at the medical unit of the detention center.

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More from Monroe County Sheriff’s Department:

Marathon men charged with vehicle burglaries

Two Marathon men are in jail, charged with burglarizing a car and subsequently using credit cards stolen in the burglary. They also burglarized a boat with someone sleeping on it.

Deputy Rosa DiGiovanni met with the victim of the car burglary Saturday. The woman said her 2015 Ford Mustang was parked in front of her house on Gulf Stream Boulevard when it was burglarized. She said she always leaves it unlocked. She said when she got into her car Saturday morning, she found her cigarettes and wallet missing from inside, including her debit card.

She said later in the day, her bank told her the debit card had been used at Walgreen’s at 10870 Overseas Highway and at the Circle K store at 11100 Overseas Highway, both in Marathon. That is when she contacted the Sheriff’s Office.

Deputy DiGiovanni went to Walgreens to investigate. She and Deputy Leon Bourcier watched video of the purchases made with the stolen card. Both deputies recognized 20 year old Eli Hager using the card. He was accompanied by 23 year old Gerry Pinson.

The deputies then went to the Circle K store in Marathon. While there, they saw Hager and Pinson walk in the store and make some purchases using the card.

During subsequent interviews with Detective Scott Ward, Hager told him he’d burglarized a number of vehicles “over the past couple of days.” He said he “just likes to get quick hits for cash.” One of the burglaries he said he and Pinson committed was to a vessel located at 11699 Overseas Highway. This burglary had already been reported to the Sheriff’s Office and was under investigation at the time Hager told Detective Ward about it.

The owner of the vessel was sleeping on board when the burglary took place. He called the Sheriff’s Office at 5:30 a.m. Saturday to report Pinson entered his boat where it was docked. He said he woke because he heard a noise, and could see Pinson clearly, recognized him from previous contacts and, when he confronted him, Pinson ran from the boat and jumped into a waiting truck. Hager told Detective Ward he was the one driving the truck Pinson jumped into.

Both men were arrested. They were both charged with burglary and theft. Hager was also charged with fraudulent use of a credit card. Pinson was additionally charged with burglary of the occupied vessel. Detective Ward is continuing to investigate and more charges are expected.

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