Paddlers’ Inn Owner Murdered In Miami

Molokai Times:

Paddlers’ Inn owner Robert Spruiell, 38, was stabbed to death Sunday morning in Miami. Charged with the crime, second-degree felony murder, is 22 year-old Jeremy Johnson, one of Spruiell’s employees.

Spruiell owned and operated many businesses on the mainland from Phoenix, Ariz., including a door-to-door magazine sales business. He and his magazine sales crew were staying in Miami for two weeks, apparently selling magazines for Integrity Sales, Inc.

According to the Miami Herald, Spruiell and Johnson confronted a man they believed was trying to sell drugs to Spruiell’s sales people. The two entered room 205 of the Golden Nugget Hotel, 18555 Collins Ave., and confronted Jesus Cisneros, 42.
Cisneros told police he grabbed a knife for self-defense and stabbed both men. Spruiell was dead at the scene.

Johnson was arrested at Aventura Hospital after treatment for his stab wounds. He was also charged with burglary and kidnapping.

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