3 arrested in connection to 4 murders in Marion
MARION, Ind. (WISH) – Three people are under arrest in connection to four murders, according to the Marion Police Department.
Police in Marion say that on Jan. 11, at approximately 1:15 p.m., officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop of 29-year-old Lemere Jones in the 2900 block of South Adams Street. However, instead of complying with the officer’s orders, Jones fled and was shortly apprehended.
After he was taken into custody, he was arrested for not having a license and resisting law enforcement with a vehicle.
During an interview with officers, Jones told officers of other crimes involving two other individuals, 25-year-old Demetrius Jackson and 29-year-old Brittany Drake.
Jones also faces preliminary charges for a Dec. 23 armed robbery of a Marion Family Dollar store.
Additionally, during the course of the interview with Jones, officers learned more information, which lead to arrests in the Dec. 30 murders of 42-year-old Javon Blackwell, Javon Blackwell Jr.12 and 11-year-old Jayzon Blackwell.
Jones and Jackson face murder and a host of other preliminary charges in connection to that case. Drake, for her role, faces preliminary charges of conspiracy commit armed robbery.
Jones and Jackson face preliminary charges, including murder, in yet another case. Both are being charged in the Nov. 6 murder of 19-year-old Maurtreyvian Sanders.
All three are being held at the Grant County Jail.
