Lakewood Cop Killer Pleads Guilty to Murder of Lakewood Man

The man who is serving a life sentence for killing Lakewood police officer Christopher Matlosz pled guilty this morning to one count of murder in the shooting death of 20-year-old Justin Williams.

Jahmell W. Crockam, 21, admitted to the Oct. 15, 2010 murder of Justin Williams, 20, in Lakewood, according to officials with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

Crockam was previously sentenced in February, 2012 to life in prison after he was convicted of murdering Matlosz.

The plea was entered this morning before Judge Francis R. Hodgson, Jr. as jury selection was about to begin for the October 2010 case, in which Williams was shot five times in the head and once in the chest with a .22 caliber handgun, and his body left in the street.  

Sentencing for today’s guilty plea is scheduled for Aug. 9, 2013 before Hodgson. When Crockam is sentenced for the Williams murder, a press release said, Hodgson will impose a mandatory term of life imprisonment without parole due to Crockam’s previous murder conviction.