2005 Media Releases:

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

May 20, 2005

Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi and Camden Police Chief Edwin J. Figueroa announced today that a $1,000 reward has been posted for information on the whereabouts of a 23-year-old Camden man charged with Murder in the fatal shooting of a West Deptford man on Monday, May 2, 2005, in Camden, N.J.

A warrant has been issued for Dawayne Lindsey, who has addresses in the 1900 block of Pierce Avenue and the 2500 block of South 8th Street, both in Camden. He is described as a black male, approximately 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Please see photo below.

Camden Police responded at 3:10 p.m. on May 2 to a report of a man shot at 8th Street and Morgan Boulevard in the South Camden section of the city. Officers arriving at the scene learned that the victim, Ronald Akins, 38, had been transported to Cooper University Hospital in Camden by a civilian in the civilian's vehicle. Akins had suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body and died a short time later at Cooper.

Investigation indicates that Lindsey approached Akins while the victim was selling footwear from his van, parked in the area of a shopping plaza at 8th & Morgan. It is alleged that Lindsey exchanged words with Akin over an earlier dispute, then shot Akins from close range.

Sarubbi and Figueroa warned that Lindsey is considered dangerous and cautioned citizens not to approach the defendant, but to contact authorities.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or to contact Senior Investigator Kevin Kellejan of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office at (856) 225-8400 or Camden Police Detective Orlando Perez at (856) 757-7420.