A man accused of going on a month-long violent binge that left two people dead and two others shot moved a step closer to death row Thursday, when a jury found him guilty of the pre-meditated murder of a small-time weed dealer more than a decade ago.
It took jurors five hours to find Anthawn Ragan, 30, guilty of first-degree murder in the November 2013 killing of Luis Miguel Perez, who was 21 when Ragan and an accomplice stalked him at a North Miami motel, chased him up the steps and gunned him down on the second floor walkway just a few feet from his apartment door.
Ragan, seated between defense attorneys Tony Moss and Adam Goodman, showed no emotion as the verdict was read. Those in the gallery also remained stoic. The courtroom emptied quickly with attorneys and the few family members in the courtroom leaving quickly to avoid the media…