2004 Media Releases:

CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
VINCENT P. SARUBBI, CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MEDIA   INFORMATION

May 6, 2004

Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi and Lindenwold Police Chief Frank McHenry announced that Morris Forrest Broadway, M/27, listed by the Camden County Prosecutor's Office as a Most Wanted Fugitive, turned himself in today at Lindenwold Police headquarters. Broadway, of the first block of Peoria Lane in Sicklerville, is charged with Murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Maurice Develle Thomas, M/20, on Jan. 22, 2004 in Lindenwold, N.J.

Broadway surrendered shortly before 10 a.m. He is being held in the Camden County Correctional Facility pending an arraignment expected to be held tomorrow, Friday, May 7, 2004, at the Camden County Hall of Justice.

Three other defendants in the case remain jailed: the alleged shooter, Troy Broadway, 27, of the Barrington Inn & Motel on the White Horse Pike in Barrington, who is Morris Broadway's brother; Rahsann Riley, 32, of the Arborwood Apartments on Gibbsboro Road in Lindenwold; and Melvin "Manny" Clark, M/26, of the first block of Penfield Lane in Sicklerville.

Lindenwold Police received a 911 call at approximately 11:01 p.m. on Jan. 22 reporting shots fired at the Green Tree Apartments on Gibbsboro Road. Officers arrived to find the victim lying on the floor of unit 1504. Thomas had been shot multiple times in the upper body and was dead at the scene.

It is alleged that the four defendants went to the apartment armed with a handgun intending to rob Thomas.

All persons charged with criminal offenses are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.