A Florida inmate ambushed a correctional officer with a deadly weapon.
After a three-day trial, a Volusia County jury found defendant Trevon Miller guilty of Attempted Second-Degree Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer and Aggravated Battery of a Law Enforcement Officer.
Miller was was serving a 30-year sentence at Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach in Central Florida. During the early morning hours of September 27, 2021, prison video surveillance showed Miller hide behind a door in the laundry room.
Shortly thereafter, when Correctional Officer Paul Lane walked into the laundry room, the defendant ambushed him and stabbed him in the face, back, and neck with a homemade knife.
Trevon Miller eventually stopped attacking Officer Lane and returned to his dormitory, where he was quickly handcuffed by another correctional officer. Officer Lane recovered from his injuries at the hospital.
“Correctional officers spend their days amongst some of the most violent and dangerous offenders,” State Attorney R.J. Larizza said about the Central Florida case. “They deserve our respect, praise, and protection. Let this case be a warning to other inmates that they will suffer greatly when they harm our correctional officers.”
He was convicted of Armed Burglary, Armed Kidnapping, and Sexual Battery by Force or Deadly Weapon in 2016 in Polk County.
The Florida Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General investigated the case. Managing Assistant State Attorney Erica Kane and Chief Assistant State Attorney John Reid successfully tried the case for the State of Florida.
The Honorable Kathryn Weston presided over the case and is set to pronounce sentence on May 8, 2026. The defendant faces mandatory life in prison as a Prison Releasee Reoffender and Habitual Violent Felony Offender.
