Second suspect in killing of Blind Rabbit employee pleads guilty

Jacksonville, FL — A second man has pleaded guilty to the 2015 murder of Daniel Rowe, who was taking out the garbage when he was killed behind the Blind Rabbit restaurant in Riverside.

Devonte Hanford pleaded guilty this morning, and immediately following the plea family members of Daniel Rowe delivered victim impact statements.

Hanford, 22, was originally charged with capital murder and armed robbery.

Erron Coleman, who previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder, named Hanford in open court as the second person involved.

Jail records showed Hanford was actually arrested about two months after the murder on charges including resisting an officer without violence and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana. As a result, he also had his probation violated from a 2014 domestic battery case. Court records show Hanford was additionally charged with possession of a weapon or ammunition by a delinquent at the end of 2015- connected to the same incident that stemmed the charges in September 2015- and he was in jail on that charge until the end of 2016.

Rowe was taking out the trash at the Blind Rabbit- where he worked- when he was robbed and killed.