STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. BRANDON A. BEVERLY
PROBABLE CAUSE STATEMENT
CASE NO. HM-0020-19-07
WARRANT N0. 

On Monday, July 1, 2019, at approximately 2:14 Camden County Metro Police
Department of?cers were dispatched to the 1000 block of Mechanic Street for a report of a missing
person. Upon of?cers? arrival, they spoke with witnesses who stated that the victim, Curtis Jenkins
(DOB: was missing. A witness reported that on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at
approximately 11:00 pm, lie/she and Curtis Jenkins drove to 2700 block of North Congress
Road in Camden to deliver food. HeXshe stated that Curtis Jenkins parked their vehicle and
walked in the direction of the residence. He/ she stated after approximately forty -?ve (45) minutes,

Curtis Jenkins did not return to the vehicle, so he/ she left and returned to Mechanic Street.

Detectives Spoke with members of the Jenkins family who advised that at approximately
4:00 a.rn., they received a telephone call from an unfamiliar number. The caller advised a family
member that they had Curtis Jenkins and he would not be released until the family met their
ransom demand. The family member then received a text message containing a picture of Curtis
Jenkins who was blindfolded with his hands tied behind his back. A family member of the
victim was able to identify the voice on the phone making the ransom demand. The family member

identi?ed the voice as belonging to the defendant, Brandon A. Beverly.

Detectives identified a witness who was the registered owner of the telephone number that
contacted the Jenkins family. The witness relayed that during the early morning hours of July 1, he
was at a friend?s residence in the area of Third Street and Kaighn Avenues in Camden when two (2)
unknown black males entered the residence with guns and took everyone?s cellphones. An additional
witness provided a description of the two black males: a young black male wearing a blue hoodie

and tan pants; and a young black male wearing a gray hoodie and black pants.

Detectives recovered surveillance video from the area of Third Street and Kaighn Avenues
in Camden. The surveillance video depicts a Blue Chevrolet Uplander, later identi?ed as hearing NJ
registration K72LCR, arriving in the area of the 300 block of Kaighn Avenue. Two black males

matching the description provided by the witnesses exit the van in the area of the 200 block of

Sycamore and return to the van a short time later. Automated License Plate Readers tracked the
same Chevrolet Uplander entering the Fairview section of Camden City at 10:54 pm and leaving at

11:28 pm on the night of the June 30, 2019, near the time and location of the kidnapping.

On July 2, 2019, detectives travelled to the defendant?s residence in \Woodbury, New Jersey.
Detectives observed the Blue Chevrolet Uplander arrive at the residence, and defendant as well as an
additional individual exited the vehicle and entered the residence. That additional individual was
later observed exiting the residence and re-entering the Chevrolet Uplander with a second male.
Of?cers conducred a stop of the Chevrolet Uplandet. The additional individual was transported to

the Camden County Metro PAB for an interview.

Officers made entry into the defendant?s residence in search of Curtis Jenkins During a
protective sweep of the residence, of?cers located a handgun on a child?s bunk bed, as well as a
wallet containing the identi?cation of one of the victims from the robber}1r at Third Street and
Kaighn Avenues, where the phone used to make the ransom demand was taken. Defendant and an

additional male were located inside the residence at the time of entry.

The individual located in the Chevrolet Uplander provided detectives with a taped statement.
He/ she advised that he/ she knows the defendant. The individual stated that he/ she met with the
defendant on the morning of the Jul},r 1, 2019. Defendant was crying and informed the individual that
things got messed up. The individual stated that defendant and an unidenti?ed female ordered a platter
of food from Curtis Jenkins and that the female provided the address for delivery near the 2700
block of North Congress Road in Camden. Defendant stated that he met with several males on North
Congress Road and they forced Curtis Jenkins into the van against his will. Defendant stated that
Curtis Jenkins was bound, blind-folded and was driven throughout the streets of Camden. The
individual stated that defendant told him/ her that he made several attempts to contact the Jenkins
family to demand a ransom but was unsuccessful. Defendant advised that he became frustrated at the
failed ransom attempts and that he shot Curtis Jenkins and left him in a garage on the 1100 block of
Liberty Street. The individual was transported to the 1100 block of Liberty Street where he/ she

identi?edthe garage that the defendant had access to.

 

Detectives made entry into the identified garage on the 1100 block of Liberty Street where
they located Curtis Jenkins 111. He was wrapped in a sheet, his hands and feet bound together, with
a plastic bag covering his head. He was pronounced deceased at 10:10 pm by Dr. Carol of Cooper

University Hospital.

On July 3, 2019, Dr. Gerald Feigin of the Camden/Gloucester/Salem County Medical}
Examiner?s Of?ce conducted a posr-mortem examination on Curtis Jenkins Dr. Feigin ruled

the cause of death to be and the manner of death to be homicide.