Drunk Ohio man concerned in drug gross sales was arrested after an assault on a Miami Seaside hostel, police say

By Marlan McCarthy On Jan 7, 2022

MIAMI BEACH, Florida. – A 21-year-old Ohio man stayed at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Wednesday after witnesses alleged assault on a Miami Beach hostel customer. Investigators believe that the attacker was also involved in the sale of street drugs.

The victim told police officers that at around 2:25 p.m. on Monday at Beds n ‘Drinks Hostel on 1676 James Avenue, he was drinking when he noticed a belligerent drunk man whom police later identified as Jason Dyer-Mitchell .

Jason Dyer-Mitchell of Ohio stayed at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County on Wednesday after officers arrested him in Miami Beach on Monday afternoon. (MDCR)

Dyer-Mitchell of Heath, Ohio, drank vodka from a bottle of Ciroc and was loud and obnoxious before the unprovoked attack, police witnesses said. A video from a witness shows the threatening assailant standing at a dining table while holding a silver sharp object behind him.

“The defendant had a nail between his knuckles and hit the victim with it,” one officer wrote in the arrest report.

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A tourist from Ohio injured a tourist from Argentina in a hostel in Miami Beach with the sharp object in this photo on Monday, police said. (MBPD)

Dyer-Mitchell slapped the victim in the face and neck at least twice, and after knocking him down he yelled at him before leaving the hostel with a bottle in hand, according to the arrest form.

Several witnesses intervened. Three followed Dyer-Mitchell, called 911, and one stayed on the phone until police found him.

Dyer-Mitchell was wearing a red T-shirt and gray shorts, still holding the bottle of vodka and carrying a black backpack full of cash and illegal drugs, police said. The witnesses identified him as the man in the attack on the inn.

On Monday afternoon, officers arrested an Ohio man on Lincoln Road. (Courtesy photo)

An officer handcuffed Dyer-Mitchell outside Paul, a French bakery on the corner of Lincoln Road and Drexel Avenue.

Dyer-Mitchell faces charges of heavy battery with a lethal weapon, possession of ecstasy, possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, and possession of an open container of alcohol.

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Read the extracts from the arrest form

January 3rd arrest form in the case of Jason Dyer-Mitchell (MBPD)