Man stabbed mother, service worker with machete at Pembroke Pines home: Police

A man is facing attempted murder charges after police said he stabbed a service worker and his mother with a machete at his Pembroke Pines home, leaving the mother critically injured.

Darrell Dean Roberts, 38, faces two counts of attempted homicide for the Monday night attacks in the Encantada community at Southwest 190th Avenue and 15th Street, Pembroke Pines Police said.

Roberts appeared before a judge Tuesday, who ordered him held without bond.

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According to an arrest report, the worker, an air conditioning mechanic named Yosvel Itshak, was working at the home and needed help moving a washing machine in the garage.

Roberts' mother, Vivian Roberts, asked her son for help but he refused after being asked multiple times, the report said.

Itshak walked to his work truck followed by Darrell Roberts, who went into his trunk and grabbed a machete and cut Itshak on the arm, the report said.

Darrell Roberts tried to stab Itshak again, but Itshak ran towards the house as Vivian Roberts was walking out, the report said.

Police said when the mother tried to intervene, her son stabbed her multiple times.

"The mother had told the son, which is the suspect, to actually assist the repairman to do something. Well this didn’t happen. What happened is the repairman exited that residence as the suspect followed behind him. The suspect armed himself with a machete and started attacking the first victim which is the repairman," Pembroke Pines Police Det. Yalile Nader said. "As the mother gets in to stop, and she basically gets injured."

The report said a witness who was driving down the street saw Darrell Roberts stabbing his mother and called 911.

The witness said Darrell Roberts got into a car so he started following him, giving police updates until officers stopped the car and took Darrell Roberts into custody, the report said.

When Darrell Roberts was taken into custody, he had blood on his face, hands, legs and clothing, the report said. He was later booked into jail.

Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed a man believed to be the worker outside the home with his arm bandaged. The report said he suffered a severe laceration to his bicep.

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The worker was expected to be okay but Roberts' mother was in critical condition, Nader said.

The report said she suffered serious injuries to her face, head, neck, arms and hands, and will likely have one hand amputated.