South Florida men arrested in 2021 murder of woman, deputies say

Jonelle Coleman was shot to death in the middle of the day last March, left lying on a sidewalk in Pompano Beach.

More than a year later, two men have been arrested and charged in her death, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Monday.

Sean Samuels, 30, of Fort Lauderdale, and Tavaris Taylor, 41, of Lauderhill, were arrested Friday, each on first-degree murder charges.

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Samuels and Taylor planned Coleman’s murder, according to the Sheriff’s Office. She was found on March 25, 2021, near the 700 block of Northwest Eighth Street shortly after 1 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds.

Videos on Taylor’s cellphone found by the Sheriff’s Office’s Digital Forensic Unit recorded the killing of the 39-year-old woman from Pompano Beach, the Sheriff’s Office said.

At the time of her death, the Sheriff’s Office released few details aside from noting a silver Honda Accord may have been involved.

Samuels and Taylor are being held in Broward Main Jail without possibility of bond.

Florida Department of Corrections records show Samuels was sentenced to two years in state prison after being convicted of a 2013 burglary charge. He was released in February 2016.

Samuels was arrested the next year on charges of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, shooting into a vehicle, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a felon in possession of a gun, court records show. He was sentenced to two years of community control and eight years of state probation.

Taylor was sentenced in 2019 to two years in state prison after being convicted of several charges, including grand theft, burglary, felon in possession of a gun and two drug-related charges. He was released in November 2020, Department of Corrections records show.