WINTER PARK, Fla. – Jesse Brandon Davis, 30, and Hector Manuel Rodriguez, 31, have been charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the April 15 deaths of Nicholas "Nick" Presha and Jeremy Stewart. Both are known violent felons.
Davis is in the Orange County Jail as he was taken into custody last month on unrelated charges. Rodriguez was arrested around 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Knob Hill Apartments on Semoran Blvd.
Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said 16-year-old Presha and 18-year-old Stewart met with the men with the intention of selling them two stolen handguns. Davis and Rodriguez planned to rob the teens. Both of the teens were first shot to death and then their bodies lit on fire.
Stewart's father, James Stewart, told Local 6 over the weekend that authorities informed him of a possible third arrest that could be made in the case, but the Orange County Sheriff's Office said on Monday that no further arrests would occur.
James Stewart told Local 6 the last few weeks seemed like an entire year, but he's happy with the work of detectives investigating the case.
"I'm so grateful for everyone that was involved," John Stewart said. "I'm really, really, really not only grateful, I'm impressed, you know, with the time they got this resolved in."
The bodies of Presha and Stewart were found by two bicyclists at about 6:40 a.m. on April 15 just off Cady Way Trail near Full Sail University.