July 7, 2021

TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–A Mercer County grand jury returned a four-count indictment this week charging a 23-year-old Maple Shade man with the murder of Lovelle Laramore on February 24, 2021, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported.

Davon Marecheau is charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and one count of third-degree theft by unlawful taking.

On Thursday, February 25, 2021, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Trenton Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to 407 Home Avenue on a report of an unresponsive male.  Upon arrival, they found 60-year-old Lovelle Laramore on the couch with two gunshot wounds to the head.  He was pronounced dead on scene. 

An investigation by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department revealed that Davon Marecheau was with the victim, his great-uncle, inside the residence on February 24 at the time of the murder. Detectives were able to obtain video surveillance that recorded audio of the gunshots as well as video of Marecheau leaving the scene after the shooting. During an execution of a search warrant at Marecheau’s apartment on March 4, detectives located several thousand dollars that Marecheau had taken from the victim’s residence after the murder. 

Marecheau is being held in the Mercer County Correction Center pending trial.

Assistant Prosecutor Michael Grillo presented the case to the grand jury.

Despite having been indicted, every defendant is presumed innocent until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Prior MidJersey.news story here: UPDATE: 60 Year Old Man Identified As Shooting Victim

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