Times staff
Friday, August 27, 2010
ZEPHYRHILLS — A man accused of stabbing two people and himself Sunday night is now in the Pasco County jail.
Roger John Beckers, 30, stabbed a 20-year-old woman numerous times during a domestic dispute at 5th Avenue and 8th Street in Zephyrhills, according to the Zephyrhills Police Department. Beckers, a salesman at Big Lots in Dade City, is also accused of slicing a witness on the leg — and stabbing himself in the chest. All three were taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.
Beckers was booked into the Polk County jail Monday on a Pasco warrant on charges of attempted murder in the first degree and aggravated battery. He was transferred to the Pasco County jail Thursday.
Beckers, of Zephyrhills, is being held in custody in lieu of $550,000 bail.