Long Branch Parolee Arrested in 2006 Asbury Park Murder
Joey Johnson AKA Davell Reevey
Joey Jomaine Johnson, AKA Davell Reevey, 35, of Long Branch was arrested yesterday by investigators of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Asbury Park Police Department with the assistance of the New Jersey Parole Board for the March 26, 2006 murder of 21-year-old Jakeema Kelly of Asbury Park, according to a statement by Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
Johnson had been on parole since his October 22, 2015 release from state prison. He served eight years for his 2007 convictions on drug dealing charges. He now faces a minimum of 30 years to a maximum of life imprisonment, if convicted in the first degree murder of Kelly.
He is being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Freehold Township, on $1.2 million cash only bail, as set by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Honora O’Brien Kilgallen. In addition to first degree murder, Johnson is charged with second degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose and second degree Certain Persons Not to Possess Weapons.
Posted: December 2nd, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Asbury Park, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Long Branch, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor | Tags: Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Asbury Park, Crime and Punishment, Davell Reevey, Jakeema Kelly, Joey Johnson, Joey Jomaine Johnson, Long Branch, Monmouth County Prosecutor, murder | Comments Off on Long Branch Parolee Arrested in 2006 Asbury Park Murder