http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/suspects/virgil-howard/Latest news about Virgil Howarden-usTue, 19 Apr 2016 17:19:22 -0400http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2016/04/19/willingboro-man-recently-released-from-jail-charged-with-elliot-simon-murder/<a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2016/04/Virgil-Howard1.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2016/04/Virgil-Howard1-150x150.jpg" alt="Virgil Howard" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-4072" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Virgil Howard</p> <p>A Willingboro man released from jail three months ago was arrested Monday and charged in connection with the shooting death of 52-year-old <a href="http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/victims/elliot-simon-jr/">Elliot Simon Jr</a>. </p> <p><a href="http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/suspects/virgil-howard/">Virgil Howard</a>, 26, was arrested in a motel room in Bristol, Pa., by members of the U.S. Marshals Service. He is charged with murder, felony murder, robbery and related weapons offenses in connection with Simon’s death. </p> <p>Simon was shot twice in the chest April 8, during what investigators believe to be a robbery gone awry. Police found Simon <a href="http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2016/04/09/man-shot-twice-in-the-chest-dies-in-hospital/">lying in the middle of the road</a> in the 100 block of Boudinot Street, and he later died at the hospital. </p> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2016/04/SimonFBpic.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2016/04/SimonFBpic-150x150.jpg" alt="Elliot Simon Jr. (contributed photo)" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-4057" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Elliot Simon Jr. (contributed photo)</p> <p>Simon was married to the late Tia Green, whose 19-year-old daughter <a href="http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/victims/tierra-green/">Tiara Green was killed in a June 2013 shooting</a> on West State Street. </p> <p>State records show that Howard was released from the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in January this year after serving time for drug offenses. </p> <p>Howard’s bail was set at $1 million cash only.</p> Penny RayTue, 19 Apr 2016 17:19:22 -0400http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2016/04/19/willingboro-man-recently-released-from-jail-charged-with-elliot-simon-murder/Elliot Simon Jr.Virgil Howard