Duo Charged In 2010 Toms River Slaying Ordered Held Until Trial

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Two Lakewood men charged in a 14-year-old fatal shooting in Toms River have been ordered held until trial, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.

Jerron T. Evans, 41, was ordered held by Superior Court Judge Pamela M. Snyder during his detention hearing on Monday, and Maurice H. Cole, 36, was ordered held by Superior Court Judge Dina M. Vicari during his detention hearing on Tuesday, First Assistant Prosecutor Michael T. Nolan Jr. said.

Both men are charged with murder in the slaying of Rondell Proctor that happened May 27, 2010, in Toms River.

Evans and Cole remain in the Ocean County Jail, where they have been held since their arrests on Dec. 3.

Proctor, 22, was shot several times in the body and once in the head at Winteringham Village Apartments in the area Route 166 and Lakewood Avenue on May 27, 2010, authorities said.

Proctor, a former Lakewood resident who had moved to Arkansas, died of his injuries at an area hospital, NJ.com reported at the time of the killing.

The report said Proctor had been running from his attackers when he was shot.

The prosecutor's office said the investigation went cold for several years, but the continuing investigation combined with the testing of items of evidence that could not be tested in 2010 resulted in the filing of charges against Cole and Evans.