MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Onelio Castro-Arroyo unleashed his anger in Miami-Dade County court.
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He shouted in Spanish at Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Ellen Sue Venzer during a plea hearing on Wednesday at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building in Allapattah.
“I am asking you not to interrupt me, Sir,” Venzer told Castro-Arroyo during the hearing.
A Spanish to English translator helped Castro-Arroyo, 58, who stands accused of stabbing his 45-year-old estranged wife 16 times in front of their 7-year-old daughter in 2019 in Miami-Dade County.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detectives reported the girl, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, saw her father fatally stabbing her mother, Yanelis González, inside a parked car at the Country Club Villas Park north of Miami Lakes.
“This judge wants to convict me by force,” Castro-Arroyo told Venzel in court.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Castro-Arroyo on May 21, 2019. Prosecutors filed a case against him a day later on charges of second-degree murder with a weapon and tampering with evidence.
Prosecutors dropped the charge of tampering with evidence. On Wednesday, Venzel asked Castro-Arroyo if he was accepting a plea deal from the prosecution on the murder charge.
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“I am not going to accept anything,” Castro-Arroyo told Venzel.
While in handcuffs, Castro-Arroyo slammed his hand on a wooden divider’s flat surface. He was behind the attorneys who stood before Venzel.
“I’m in no rush at all,” Castro-Arroyo, a convicted felon serving a prison sentence, told Venzel.
The Florida Department of Corrections has had custody of Castro-Arroyo off and on since Nov. 30, 2015, and his scheduled release from prison isn’t until Dec. 10, 2028, according to state records.
Castro-Arroyo has five convictions, going back to 2014 in Miami-Dade: Arson, possession of illegal vehicle fuel transport, criminal mischief, grand theft, and driving with a suspended license.
A camera filmed Castro-Arroyo displaying disruptive behavior in court before. On Wednesday, he faced the cameras.
“It’s a good thing the cameras are here today so they can see this, and so our people know what you are doing here,” Castro-Arroyo told Venzer.
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His next trial hearing is at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 19.
