Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Lakewood Cop Killer Sentenced To Life In Prison In Separate Case

A 21-year-old man convicted of killing a Lakewood police officer has been sentenced to life in prison in a separate case.

Jahmell Crockam, 21, of Lakewood was sentenced Friday for the Oct. 15, 2010 murder of Justin Williams, 20, in Lakewood.

Judge Francis R. Hodgson, Jr. imposed a mandatory term of life imprisonment without parole, noting Crockam was previously found guilty of murdering Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced.

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The sentence comes as a result of Crockam’s guilty plea in the 2010 murder of Justin Williams.  In that case, Williams was shot 5 times in the head and once in the chest with a .22 caliber handgun. 

Crockam was found guilty by a jury on Feb. 16, 2012, for the Jan. 14, 2011 murder of Matlosz.

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In that trial Crockam was found guilty of killing a police officer in the performance of his duties and subsequently sentenced by Judge Wendel E. Daniels to serve a mandatory term of life imprisonment without parole. 


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