Nearly two years after Justin Williams was killed and his body left on a Lakewood street, three men have been indicted in connection with his murder, including the man convicted for the killing of Lakewood police officer Christopher Matlosz.
Jahmell W. Crockham, 21, who was sentenced in February to life in prison after he was convicted of murdering Matlosz, was indicted Thursday by an Ocean County grand jury on one count of first-degree murder, and second-degree counts of unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, in the shooting death of Williams.
In addition, Crockam and Calvin R. Presley of Jackson and Darius Jamal Johnson, 22, of Howell have been indicted on a count of conspiracy to hinder apprehension and tamper with physical evidence in the killing.
The indictment also notes a fourth unnamed person "whose identity is known to the grand jury, who is a named co-conspirator but not as a defendant herein" in relation to the conspiracy and tampering count.
The indictment cites "overt acts" by Johnson specifically as the basis for his indictment, alleging he and the unnamed co-conspirator drove the car in which Williams was killed from Jackson to Camden and finally Philadelphia, and then allegedly purchased lighter fluid that was used to set the car on fire.
Johnson also was indicted on a count of second-degree hindering apprehension, for allegedly preventing or obstructing, "by means of deception," detectives from the Lakewood police department and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office from an action that would have led to the discovery or apprehension of Crockam, the indictment states.
Johnson is being held in the Ocean County Jail in lieu of $2 million bail, no 10 percent option.
Bail information on Presley was not available at press time.
Crockam and Johnson were first charged in Williams' murder just days after Crockam was arrested in the murder of Matlosz, a Manchester resident who attended Howell High School, in January 2011.
At the time, Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford said information about Williams' murder came about during the investigation into the killing of Matlosz. "Our investigation revealed that on or about Oct. 15, 2010, Justin Williams accompanied Jahmell Crockam and Darius Johnson, during which time Justin Williams was shot and killed," Ford said.
Maybe you missed this important part of the article. Let me know if you need further explanation. "Crockam and Johnson were first charged in Williams' murder just days after Crockam was arrested in the murder of Matlosz, a Manchester resident who attended Howell High School, in January 2011."
THE JUDGE responsible for letting Crockham walk free in his previous crime(s) is just as guilty as well. Thanks to a justice system that would rather bust a kid for having a lemonade stand instead of locking up walking mutant excrement, we have situations like this. If you want to solve the gang problem in NJ, use the Patriot Act to round up the mutants -- If there are illegal drugs and weapons involved, charge them as "enemy combatants" since most of the drugs come from terrorist sponsoring nations. Use the Patriot Act to try, convict and execute these monsters and, like magic, your gang problem will disappear. RE: "Art Penrose 8:43 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012 If the police had done their job and put him away for the first murder, they would have saved one of their own.... Just a thought..."
Second....... if enough of us gather together on behalf of this "gang stuff" and start getting congress involved, then and only then will be start getting this state shaking up and bring back the death penelty. We sit back and watch the law makers do their knights of the round table thinking they are doing the best, when not asking the ppl for what they think. if we start making calls to the state, and getting things rocking and rolling, then ppl like this will think twice about killing. Jails are way to soft. ( I have an ex husband ) anyway he was in jail for 3 months for DWI and guess what!!!!! he did nothing but played cards and shoot pool!!! But the state was more then happy to charge 1000's of $ for his crime tho!! OK not the same thing but the concept is there. STATE AND JAILS ARE TO SOFT! Murder should be DEATH PERIOD Then down the line...... the punishment for the crime... just my views guys..... not black not white just views for all who cause the crime!!
Let's get motivated so that Officer Matlosz' memory is honored and maybe we can help save a life. Good ideas from none of yobusiness, p21342, KAREN A KINCAID and others.
He's got three hots and a cot that it my friends. (think of every single simple thing that many take forgranted like sun, green grass, blue sky, birds singing the simple things) 3 hots & a cot what he deserves nothing more. I'm thankful that he's caught, in my world our loss, his killer still remains living & enjoying the simple things.
Also - I've long advocated for leglislation that establishes membership in any criminal enterprise, such as a street gang, as a crime in itself. These "organizations" exist for no reason other than the break the law and simply belonging to one should be a crime.
you dont want us to believe you could know how or if he would vote
Prison ships run by prisoners? Never going to happen. The corporations which run this country would not allow it.