ORLANDO, Fla. – 17-year-old Elijah Emmans is being charged as an adult in a hit-and-run crash that killed another teenager near Wakulla Way and South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando last year.
Emmans appeared in court Friday afternoon. He was arrested last month while serving a warrant for first-degree murder.
The Florida Highway Patrol initially led the investigation but turned it over to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit after investigators found surveillance video they say shows Emmans intentionally hitting 17-year-old Cuba while he was riding an e-bike from a basketball game in November 2025…