Trial Begins for Security Guard Accused of Shooting Boss at Croc Land

The murder trial for a Chief Security Guard who allegedly shot his boss and owner of Croc Land began today. 42-year-old Jerome Crawford appeared before Justice Derick Pilgrim in court where the Crown’s main witness took the stand and laid out the sequence of events leading up to the shooting in November 2022. According to the witness, Owen Tucker and his sister came to Croc Land where he was showing his sister around the place when Crawford walked towards them pointing a gun at Tucker. The men got into a dispute where Crawford loaded his gun and allegedly shot Tucker. The witness went on to say that Crawford called him to clean up the blood, which he did. Eventually a pickup truck pulled up to the yard, Crawford brought a canvas, spread it on the floor and tucked Tucker’s body inside. He then asked the witness to help him put the body inside the vehicle by holding the end of the tarp. According to the witness, that’s when Crawford got into the vehicle and said quote “yuh could go home now, just no say nothing” unquote. In court, Crawford pleaded not guilty.