Judge orders no bond for Deaveon Brown on the attempted-murder count in a downtown Orlando stabbing.

The no-bond order is a detention ruling on the attempted-murder count. It is not a verdict. WESH identified the judge as Vincent Falcone. WFTV reported the judge found a substantial probability of a dangerous felony and not a substantial probability of premeditation. Bond was set on the other counts. Brown cannot post his way out while the attempted-murder count holds him.

Deaveon Jaquan Brown, 28, of Orlando, will remain in jail without bond on an attempted first-degree murder charge after a pretrial detention hearing Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, WFTV and WESH reported. WESH identified the judge as Vincent Falcone. Brown is accused of stabbing Kevin Newhard on Friday night near Orange Avenue and Central Boulevard. Orlando police have said Newhard is expected to survive. ClickOrlando reported Brown has pleaded not guilty.

Orlando police Detective John Dalles of the Violent Crimes Unit testified that Brown was waiting for an Uber after leaving the Stagger Inn when Newhard stopped on a bicycle and the two began arguing, ClickOrlando and WFTV reported. WESH reported the detective said Brown took exception to comments Newhard made about women. Dalles said Brown told him Newhard produced a knife first, WFTV reported. WESH reported Newhard pulled out a knife about six to eight inches long and dropped it, and that Brown picked it up. WFTV reported Dalles testified that video shows Newhard throw the knife down, swing a belt about four times, and fall near the curb. Dalles said Brown, holding the knife, then closed a gap of about six to eight feet, pulled the knife from its sheath, and stabbed Newhard four times, including a wound to the liver. ClickOrlando reported prosecutor Steven Peters argued Brown could have left once the knife was on the ground. That is testimony. It is not a verdict.

Brown's attorney, Christian Mota, told the court the stabbing was self-defense and that Newhard was the initial aggressor, ClickOrlando and WFTV reported. Mota said Brown was waiting for an Uber and that the knife was not his. WFTV reported the judge considered that claim and found a substantial probability that self-defense would not apply, citing the video and the possibility that Brown either had the knife before the struggle or could have retreated. The judge said the defense can ask him to revisit that if new evidence comes in. The judge found a substantial probability that Brown committed a dangerous felony, and not a substantial probability of premeditation at this stage, WFTV reported. He found a substantial probability of either attempted second-degree murder or aggravated battery causing great bodily harm with a weapon. That standard is for detention. It is not a conviction.

Brown is also charged with aggravated battery with a weapon, use of a weapon in the commission of a felony, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, WFTV reported. WFTV reported bond of $50,000 on the aggravated battery count and $5,000 on each of two other counts. He remains held with no bond on the attempted-murder count. The judge said no conditions of release would adequately protect the community, citing the alleged crime and Brown's record, which includes convictions for armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, WFTV reported. WESH reported prosecutors said he had been released from prison 11 days before the stabbing. An earlier ClickOrlando account said the release was about 10 days before the Friday stabbing, after a sentence for possession of MDMA. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.