NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – A church affiliate charged with gunning down a New Jersey councilwoman has been indicted on homicide and weapons charges.
A Middlesex County grand jury passed up the indictment Wednesday towards Rashid Ali Bynum, 29, of Portsmouth, Virginia. He stays in the county prison and is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 28. It was once no longer recognized Thursday if he has retained an lawyer.
Bynum was once arrested in Virginia in May and was once extradited to New Jersey closing month. He had up to now lived in Sayreville, the place sufferer Eunice Dwumfour lived together with her 11-year-old daughter and served on the City Council.
Dwumfour, 30, had gotten married simply months sooner than she was once gunned down outdoor her rented townhome on Feb. 1 as she returned from the grocer. She married a fellow pastor from her Nigerian church, Champions Royal Assembly, at its Abuja headquarters in November, however her husband had no longer but joined her in the U.S.
Bynum was once indexed in Dwumfour’s telephone beneath the acronym “FCF,” or Fire Congress Fellowship, a similar church entity. She was deeply involved with the prosperity gospel staff, serving to lead products and services a number of instances per week in Newark and serving as a church treasurer.
Prosecutors have launched few information about the case and feature no longer disclosed a imaginable cause.
When Bynum was once arrested, prosecutors mentioned police had used cellular phone and automobile transponder knowledge to recreate his travels on Feb. 1 and tie him to the crime. He additionally matched the outline of the gunman given by means of neighbors in Sayreville.
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