LITHIA, Fla. – A postal worker who is accused of stabbing a lawn care worker in Lithia was let out of jail on Tuesday.
Mark Calloway, 60, was arrested on Friday, facing a charge of second-degree murder with a weapon. He is accused of stabbing and killing Jacob Whitaker, 29, after an argument over a parking position on the street.
“This happened over what?” a prosecutor said. “Blocked mailboxes.”
A security camera on a car that was parked across the street captured part of the incident.
“He advised that they called each other lazy, and at that point, Mr. Whitaker exits the vehicle,” the detective said. “He says the front driver’s door struck him as Mr. Whitaker exits the vehicle, then Mr. Whitaker chest bumps him, and then he says slams him to the ground, at which point he gets up, and he said he felt the need to defend himself.”
The detective said that’s when Calloway stabbed Whitaker multiple times. The detective said Calloway told him that he didn’t recall Whitaker hitting him or having weapons.
