Pair fatally stabbed ex-roommate over stolen PlayStation, police say

FOX ^ | Nov. 28, 2018 | Stephen Sorace

[bgill]

Seminole County deputies said Jake Bilotta, 22, and his roommate, 21-year-old Ian McClurg, enticed the victim to the Maitland home Monday under the pretext of going to a party, but instead stabbed him multiple times with a 7-inch chef’s knife, the Orlando Sentinel reported... Authorities said the victim, who has yet to be positively identified, was evicted several weeks earlier, FOX35 Orlando reported. Bilotta and McClurg believed the man later broke into their home and stole a PlayStation 4 console, authorities said. While Bilotta and McClurg were stuffing the victim’s body into a bag, their new roommate, Walter Johnson, was just arriving home from a Tinder date, the Sentinel reported. Johnson, who had been living in the home for about a week, walked outside and called police. eputies arrived to find McClurg barricaded in a bathroom, while Bilotta attempted to escape, FOX35 reported. Bilotta was later caught and both men were charged with first-degree murder.

[bgill]

The new roommate should count himself lucky.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Millenial crime saga.

[csvset]

Those two are going to hate prison life.

[madprof98]

. . . just arriving home from a Tinder date . . .

That whole generation needs to be sent off to war.

[\/\/ayne]

Tinder-foots.

[dead]

Walks in on his new roommates stuffing their old roommate's corpse into a garbage bag... begins backing out slowly...

"Hey! Where are you going? How'd the Tinder date go?"

[from occupied ga]

That whole generation needs to be sent off to war.

Only if you want to lose

[AAABEST]

. . . just arriving home from a Tinder date . . .

That whole generation needs to be sent off to war.

lmao, and we have a dead body... over a PlayStation. So much WTF.

[gnarledmaw]

Generational difference there. I wouldnt kill someone over a stolen playstation but I might for playing with my stollen.

[from occupied ga]

At least Florida Man didn’t do this one.

[AppyPappy]

You want them defending you?

These same people existed in the 70’s and 80’s. We just didn’t have the internet

[dennisw]

These maroons really thought this one out! Now they get to spend a few decades in prison.

[pepsi_junkie]

While Bilotta and McClurg were stuffing the victim’s body into a bag, their new roommate, Walter Johnson, was just arriving home from a Tinder date, the Sentinel reported. Johnson, who had been living in the home for about a week, walked outside and called police.

I can imagine years from now someone sitting in a bar and saying "I once had this roommate who clipped his nails right in the living room. It was disgusting!" And Walter Johnson says "I have a roomate story too...."

He wins.

[Yo-Yo]

Totally justified. All of my game progress is stored on the PlayStation, and I’m not giving up my level 42 armor and weapons for anybody.

[11th_VA]

I’m not giving up my level 42 armor and weapons for anybody

I have no idea what you're talking about, but that makes it even MORE funny !!! LOL !!!

[Yo-Yo]

[avenir]

[Az Joe]

I had some bad roommates in the past and I’ve been a bad roommate in the past but never THAT bad!

[avenir]

Sorry for huge pic. Sad to think how something like this could come about.

[oh8eleven]

I’m really getting old ... nothing in this entire thread makes any sense starting with Tinder date. I mean, WTF?