Police have arrested a 31-year-old Kissimmee man who allegedly went on a violent rampage inside a motel room, nearly beating to death his partner with a baseball bat, after admitting to smoking methamphetamine.
Kissimmee police say that on the afternoon of Jan. 19, Terell Rodgers repeatedly struck the 25-year-old victim with a bat inside a room at the Home 1 Suites Extended Stay, on West Vine Street. Reports say he also struck two other men in the room, damaged a television set and set fire to the bed, which one of the men was able to extinguish. All three victims were transported to HCA Florida Osceola Hospital for treatment.
According to the report the female victim sustained multiple skull fractures with “significant” brain swelling and bleeding. If she survives, her quality of life is expected to be “greatly impacted.”
The room was being reportedly rented by one of the men who often allowed others inside to use the restroom facilities. Rodgers told detectives he and the female smoked methamphetamines that morning and then went to shower at the motel. The couple began arguing and Rodgers picked up a bat and began hitting her repeatedly, stating he “felt a sense of pleasure,” the report said, noting Rodgers told police he ended the attack on the woman with whom he shares a child when she stopped moving.
Court records show Rodgers had posted a $5,000 bond in an Orange County aggravated battery case involving another female within a week of the Kissimmee attack.
Rodgers is charged with attempted murder with a weapon, two counts of aggravated battery with a weapon, first degree arson, criminal mischief and two counts of false imprisonment. He is held at the Osceola County Jail on no bond.
