Pair indicted in connection to 2019 Pompano Beach man’s murder

Two men were indicted by a grand jury for their connection to the 2019 murder of a Pompano Beach man, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Saturday.

Benson Blaise and Derrick Jules — both 32 — are facing first-degree murder charges in the December 2019 killing of 32-year-old Clarens Calixte, BSO said.

According to BSO, Blaise was already in BSO’s custody while Jules was recently found in another county at the time of the indictment.

The investigation and arrests

Just after 3 a.m. on Dec. 20, 2019, deputies were called out to an apartment building at 327 SW 2nd Ct., where they found Calixte shot and unresponsive. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue took him to Broward Health North, where he died, BSO said…

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