Squash Associate ‘JMan’ Appointed Public Defender In Florida Double Murder

Murder accused Jahreme ‘JMan’ Shelton, a producer who is a known associate of Dancehall artist Squash, has been appointed a public defender Ana Paulina Guevara, in the Law Office of the Public Defender in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in his upcoming double homicide case.

Efforts to get a comment from the office of the Public Defender proved futile.

However, DancehallMag ascertained that Shelton will return to court on February 15 for a hearing/status conference as he faces two charges of second-degree murder/premeditated murder.

DancehallMag had previously reported that Shelton had applied for indigent status as he had zero income to pay for his legal expenses for his defense in the double homicide case. 

The hearing will be held at 8:30 a.m in Room 6810 in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Court for Broward County. Shelton is being held on a no bond hold in relation to the double homicide.

The Lauderhill Police Department has remained tight-lipped on new developments in the case.

“The Lauderhill Police Department’s investigation into that case is still active and as such we will not be releasing information on an open investigation,” Major Michael Santiago, Special Operations Commander/Public Information Officer of the Lauderhill Police Department, told the Jamaica Observer in January. 

Major Santiago would not disclose more information about the impending arrests of other suspects who may have been present during the double homicide.

Shelton was held and charged on October 25 after forensic and video evidence allegedly placed him at the crime scene of a double murder. Shelton was identified as investigators allegedly matched his blood to three samples retrieved from the crime scene.

According to the arrest affidavit filed in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Court for Broward County, Florida the men he is accused of killing have been identified as a freelance hitman called Dwayne ‘Muscle Man’ Francis and Jeff ‘FordLawd’ Murray, who are well-known personalities in the Lauderhill community in south Florida. Both victims sustained multiple gunshots to the head and the face.

The shooting was captured on surveillance cameras.

The Lauderhill Police revealed that just after 9 p.m on October 19, 2022, the Lauderhill Police Department responded to 5821 Blueberry Court regarding a shooting. Officers arrived on scene and encountered two adult males suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the parking lot area. The males were pronounced deceased at the scene.

Witness accounts indicate that there were other people involved in the shooting and had fled the scene in a vehicle prior to police arrival.

All of the shots came from the four individuals in the black sedan as the victims had been ambushed and unable to fire a shot to defend themselves, the court documents said.

A black sedan matching the description of the car from the crime scene then dropped off a light-skinned individual wearing the same tight-fitted blue jeans at the HCA Florida Woodmont hospital, approximately six miles away.

The light-skinned individual was admitted in critical condition, officers attempted to identify him via local database fingerprints to no avail, the documents said. This male was later identified by the Border Patrol fingerprint scanner as Jahreme Shelton.

“Jahreme Shelton is a Jamaican national citizen who entered the country illegally but is on parole status until he sees a judge about his status,” the arrest affidavit said.