Grand Jury Indicts Three On First-Degree Murder Charges In Volusia County Cases

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From left to right: Michael Harris Jr., 20, of DeLand, Damian DeRousha, 43, of Edgewater, and Lee Ardis Wiley II, 44, were indicted by a grand jury this week, each on first-degree murder charges.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, FL – According to authorities, three men in three separate Volusia Sheriffโ€™s Office cases were indicted by a grand jury this week, each on first-degree murder charges. Two of the three defendants were already in custody on murder charges including Michael Harris Jr., 20, of DeLand, arrested January 23 on charge of second-degree murder in the killing of Bobby Scott. Damian DeRousha, 43, of Edgewater, arrested February 4 on a charge of first-degree murder in the killing of Donald Geno at the Volusia County fleet maintenance facility.

The third defendant indicted was Lee Ardis Wiley II, 44, on a charge of first-degree murder in the overdose death of Michael Ordway in April 2019. The grand jury found Wiley distributed the fentanyl that caused Ordwayโ€™s death. At the time of this weekโ€™s indictment, Wiley was already in custody at the Volusia County Branch Jail on Sheriffโ€™s Office drug charges involving possession and/or distribution of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine.

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