A New Jersey inmate who was released early as a result of the coronavirus, was charged with murder a mere two days after being released. Jerry Crawford, 25, who was in prison for burglary, was released on "public health emergency credits" to parole supervision on November 4, according to NJ.com.
According to the outlet, he has since been charged with the November 6 murder of Davion Scarbrough, 18, who was fatally shot Bridgeton on Nov. 6, only two days after Crawford was released from South Woods State Prison.
Yusuf Waites, 23, who was also released from custody less than a month before the shooting, has also been charged in the crime According to the report, Waites was released from Garden State Youth Correctional Facility Oct. 10 after completing a sentence on a gun charge.
Charging documents allege that the pair were caught on surveillance video with Scarbrough shortly before his body was discovered near a dirt path in a field, shot multiple times less than half a mile from the prison Crawford was released from.
According to NJ.com, Crawford was charged last month, but was already back in custody on gun and theft charges, which have since been dismissed.
Both men have been indicted on first-degree murder and first-degree conspiracy to commit murder. Waites is also charged for attempting to kill two other men in a another indictment involving eight other defendants, following a drive-by shooting and gun fight in broad daylight.
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