MAITLAND, Fla. — When Seminole County deputies arrested Jake Bilotta in November, newly released body camera video showed his hands were bloody and he wasn't wearing shoes.
Investigators said Jake Bilotta, 22, and Ian McClurg, 21, fatally stabbed their former roommate over a stolen PlayStation. In a hearing Wednesday morning, a judge said he wanted a waiver for a speedy trial.
Deputies said they were called shortly before midnight to a home on South Boulevard near Maitland, where they found 24-year-old Joshua Barnes suffering from stab wounds.
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According to deputies, Bilotta and McClurg believed Barnes, their recently evicted former roommate, returned to the home to steal a PlayStation console.
The suspects lured him to the home by telling him they were having a party and then stabbed him, deputies said.
While Bilotta stabbed the man, McClurg was positioned to keep him from leaving, deputies said.
As the two were about to wrap the victim in plastic bags to dispose of the body, deputies said the pair's new roommate returned with a Tinder date and discovered what had happened. That roommate fled and called 911, deputies said.
Crime scene photos and body camera video released by prosecutors show a bloody scene.
At one point on the video, Bilotta said someone tried to stab him but didn't say the person's name.
Investigators said they arrested Bilotta in the parking lot of a Maitland business and McClurg at the crime scene.
McClurg told investigators that Bilotta was angry after discovering a PlayStation 4 and other items were missing.
"He was pissed to the point he, like, punched a hole through his door," McClurg said.
He told investigators that Bilotta planned to hit Barnes with a katana, a Japanese sword.
"Jake had pretty much been plotting to -- I don't know -- like, get his shit back at least," McClurg said.
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