A homeless man wanted for violating his probation in connection with a 2002 murder case has been arrested by Sumter County sheriff’s deputies.
Patrick Reed, 66, was arrested at about 6 p.m. Tuesday in the transient area where State Road 44 intersects with Interstate 75 in Wildwood.
A violation of probation warrant had been issued for Reed, who was convicted in 2003 of second degree murder for his participation in the 2002 death of a man known as “Billy from Tennessee.” Billy Allman Carter, 47, was beaten, stabbed, doused in gasoline and set on fire before being buried in the woods near a homeless camp behind the Waffle House in Wildwood.
When Reed was taken into custody on Tuesday, a marijuana cigarette was found in a cigarette carton sitting on a cooler next to his travel bags. He was taken into custody and booked at the Sumter County Detention Center.
