OCSO eWarrant (u1) Exigent Arrest Warrant
Previously Assigned to
Div: AGENCY CASE NUMBER: OCSO 2020-006343
-HI- COURT CASE NUMBER:
TO BE COMPLETED BY HOMICIDE ONLY IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND
FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA
STATE OF FLORIDA
vs.
NAME: Mason Trever Toney
D.O.B: 02-23-1991 RACE/SEX: W/M
HOME ADDRESS: 105 Krueger Street, Orlando, Florida 32839
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: HEIGHT: 5'10" WEIGHT: 200 HAIR: Brown EYES: Blue
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
DRIVERS LICENSE NUMBER: FL DL T500-558-91-063-0
AFFIDAVIT FOR ARREST WARRANT
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
Comes now the affiant, Detective Fabian Ramirez, 5616, a sworn law enforcement officer, to wit: a
Deputy Sheriff for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida, before The Honorable
____________________________________, Judge, in and for Orange County, Florida, Ninth Judicial
Circuit, who makes this affidavit and states under oath that affiant has probable cause to believe that certain
laws have been violated Orange County, Florida, and that on/between January 20, 2020, the Defendant,
Mason Trever Toney, did violate Florida State Statute(s), and commit the offense(s) of:
C1: Murder- First Degree FSS: 782.04 (1) (A)
Your affiant, Detective Fabian Ramirez, 5616, is and has been since August 14, 2008, a duly sworn
Deputy Sheriff, with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida.
Your Affiant, Detective Fabian Ramirez, is a lawfully sworn Deputy of the Sheriff of Orange County,
Florida. Your affiant has been a duly sworn law enforcement officer since August 2006 and has been
assigned to the Orange County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division since February 2015.
Your affiant has received instruction in the areas of criminal investigation techniques homicide
investigations, death and injury investigations, robbery investigations, violent crime investigations
and narcotics investigations. Additionally, your affiant has received instruction in the areas of search
and seizure and search warrant preparation.
YOUR AFFIANT, IN THE COURSE OF THIER OFFICIAL DUTIES, HAS COME TO INVESTIGATE:
On January 20, 2020, at approximately 1030 hours, Orange County Sheriff's Office dispatched
received a 911 call in reference to a murder. According to the 911 caller one of his co-workers, later
identified as Mason Trever Toney, stabbed and killed their boss, William Steven Knight. When
deputies arrived they found the victim deceased lying next to an excavator with a brand new
American flag thrown on the side of his body. The flag did not belong to anyone on the job site, to
include the victim. The victim was pronounced deceased on scene by OCFD Captain Chris Newson
at 1056 hours.
I, Detective Fabian Ramirez, was notified of the murder and responded to the scene as the lead
Orange County Sheriff's Office Homicide Detective. Homicide Corporal Dorothy Rivera, Detective
Brian Savelli and Detective Kevin Wilson responded to the scene to assist me with the investigation.
Upon arrival, three eye witnesses provided sworn written and audio recorded statements. The
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witnesses all provided the same version of events. The witnesses were
and The following is a synopsis of the interviews:
Mason Trevor Toney and, William Steven Knight are friends outside of work. According to the
witnesses William Steven Knight picked up the suspect Mason Trever Toney for work as usual.
While traveling from one job site to another, an argument began possibly over being antigovernment.
According to witnesses, the victim is a proud and out spoken American and is pro Donald Trump.
They stated the suspect is anti-government and very out spoken about his beliefs that the government
is bad and out to get him.
When they got to the jobsite at the Turnpike Southbound at the 254 exit to SR528, everyone was
beginning to work when they heard William Steven Knight start yelling for help. The witnesses ran
over to the excavator where the suspect and the victim had been talking saw Mason Trevor Toney
stabbing the victim William Steven Knight. William Steven Knight was lying on the ground and
Mason Trever Toney was standing over him and repeatedly stabbing him with a trowel.
The witnesses said they tried to stop the suspect and started throwing things at him when he began
to advance on them with what they thought was a knife. The suspect then jumped into a white Dodge
Ram belonging to Lane construction and took off. As he was driving away, he yelled at the witnesses
and called them terrorists. The American flag that was lying next to the victim was a brand new flag
and the packaging the flag came in was lying next to the victim as well. Witnesses stated the suspected
brought a white and red VANS backpack with him to work, which was unusual because he never
brings any bags with him. The witnesses stated he shouldn’t have needed tools for the job because all
tools needed for work are provided to them at the job sight.
Detective Fabian Ramirez, 5616
AFFIANT
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me in the County and State aforesaid this 20 day of January, 2020.
Detective Brian Savelli, EID 3175
PLACED UNDER OATH BY
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A R R E S T W A R R A N T
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA
State of Florida ) Previously Assigned to
Div:
v. ) -HI-
Mason Trever Toney ) Agency Case No.:
OCSO 2020-006343
Defendant ) Court Case No.:
DOB: 02-23-1991
Race/ Sex: W/M
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 200
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Social Security:
Driver License: FL DL T500-558-91-063-0
Address: 105 Krueger Street, Orlando, Florida 32839
TO: ALL AND SINGULAR SHERIFF'S OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THEIR SWORN
DEPUTIES OR SPECIAL DEPUTIES; CHIEFS OF POLICE AND THEIR DULY SWORN
OFFICERS; ANY INVESTIGATOR OF THE SEVERAL STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE;
AND/OR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, STATE OR FEDERAL:
An Affidavit or sworn Complaint having this day been presented to me, the Honorable
______________________________________, Judge, in and for Orange County, Florida, Ninth Judicial
Circuit wherein it is alleged that on/between January 20, 2020, and present in Orange County, Florida, the Defendant,
Mason Trever Toney, did in violation of Florida State Statutes and commit the offense(s) of:
C1: Murder- First Degree FSS: 782.04 (1) (A)
Therefore, you are hereby commanded to arrest instanter the said Defendant if he/she be found within your jurisdiction,
and bring him/her before the proper court to be dealt with according to law.
C1: no bond
no bond
The said Defendant shall be admitted to bail in the total sum of $__________________.
Other conditions of release shall include: No return to scene
JUDGE, NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
RETURN
Received the within original Warrant on the _____day of _______________,_____, and executed the same in
____________COUNTY, Florida on the _______ day of _______________, _____, by arresting the within named
Defendant, and at the same time informing him/her of the cause of arrest and the issuance of this warrant.
John W. Mina
SHERIFF OF ORANGE COUNTY
By ___________________________,D/S
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