2005 Media Releases:

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

June 30, 2005

Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi, Camden Police Chief Edwin J. Figueroa and U.S. Marshal for New Jersey James Plousis reported that a 19-year-old Camden man was arrested today in New Castle, Del., on a warrant charging him with Murder in the fatal shooting of Charles Raikes, M/23, on June 11, 2005, in Camden, N.J.

Members of the U.S. Marshal's New Jersey/New York Regional Task Force arrested Theends L. Brown, a.k.a. "Mookie," formerly of the 1500 block of Wildwood Avenue in Camden, without incident at an apartment in New Castle at approximately 7 a.m. today. At an arraignment later in the day, Superior Court Judge Samuel D. Natal set bail at $400,000, cash or bond.

The task force includes detectives from the Marshal's Service, Prosecutor's Office, State Police and City Police, as well as the N.J. Department of Corrections.

Camden Police responded at 3:22 a.m. on June 5 to a call reporting a man shot in Farnham Park off the 1500 block of Park Boulevard. Arriving officers found the victim, of Pennsauken, suffering from a single gunshot wound to the upper body. He was transported to Cooper University Hospital, where he died a short time later.

Investigation indicates that the victim and the defendant had an ongoing dispute over money. It is alleged that after the two engaged in a fistfight, Brown pulled a handgun and shot Raikes once in the abdomen.

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