ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Speaking to the public Wednesday night, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said the man accused of killing three people in the Pine Hills shootings was no stranger to the law.

"At 19, he has a lengthy criminal history, to include gun charges, aggravated battery and assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and grand theft charges," he said of Keith Melvin Moses, who has already been charged with first-degree murder in connection with one death.

That charge stems from the shooting death of 38-year-old Nathacha Augustin, who was found shot to death at 11:14 a.m. in the 6100 block of Hialeah Street. 

Moses is also accused of killing Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons and seriously injuring photojournalist Jesse Walden, before going to a nearby residence where he allegedly killed 9-year-old T'yonna Major and injured a woman she was with.

Mina said charges in those cases are pending against Moses.

Moses was scheduled to appear before a judge Thursday, but waved his first appearance. The judge ordered that he be held without bond at the Orange County Jail.

According to information from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Moses has been arrested more than a dozen times in the past on charges ranging from grand theft auto and domestic battery, to burglary and resisting arrest.

While Spectrum News 13 was able to obtain a list of Moses' arrests, most happened when he was a juvenile and no information was available that would allow reporters to determine how many, if any, cases resulted in a conviction.

Moses' most recent arrest happened in November of 2021, when police pulled over a car he was riding in. In that case, he was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, but the charges were later dropped.

In a press conference Thursday, Florida State Attorney Monique Worrell explained why her office declined to pursue the case.

“This individual's only offense was a possession of marijuana, 4.6 grams of marijuana, that my office did not charge,” said Worrell. 

She said the decision was made due to the amount of marijuana involved.

“When you have a quantity that low, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement does not test, and that means the State Attorney’s Office can’t prosecute the case,” Worrell said.