A 30-year-old Lauderhill man is facing 12 charges in connection to a 26-year-old Florida Highway Patrol trooper and truck driver killed Friday morning .
Michael Anthony Addison was taken into custody at 9:21 p.m. Friday at the St. Lucie County Jail and made his first appearance during a 4 1/2-minute hearing in Fort Pierce via Zoom on Saturday morning.
Assistant State Attorney David Dodd confirmed Addison is the suspect from Friday’s killings.
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Man, 30, faces charges in deaths of FHP trooper, truck driver
The charges include two counts of killing of a human being with a vehicle, two charges murder dangerous depraved and aggravated fleeing with death.
Two charges are linked to warrants for aggravated assault and felon in possession of a firearm in Broward County.
The judge ordered him held on no bound on all but three counts.
Circuit Court Judge Charles A. Schwab said a public defender initially will represent him.
No arrest report is available yet but spokesman Tonya Woodworth told Briana Nesprel said they will be releasing a redacted report Saturday.