Second defendant charged in slaying of Fort Lee man brought to court - Cliffviewpilot.com

Martinez, 26, also was ordered not to have any contact with the girlfriend or relatives of Jordan Johnson, whose body was found in the trunk of his car on a Bronx street following an extensive search. Martinez, of Broadchester, MA listened intently as Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer read charges that include felony murder, eluding police, robbery and burglary during today’s first court appearance. Authorities said Martinez and co-defendant Andre Jamal “Boogie” Thompson, 25, lured Johnson to an apartment that Thompson sometimes used in Fort Lee — where he was killed and his keys and cellphone taken on Jan. Johnson’s phone was used to send text messages to lure his girlfriend, Megan Faulkner, from the 12th-floor high-rise apartment at the Carriage House on 15th Street that she shared with him to a supposed meeting in Harlem, Bergen County Prosecutor... Fort Lee police then issued an alert for Johnson and his car. CLIFFVIEW PILOT was the first to report that Johnson’s black 2013 BMW 550 Gran Turismo was found at 1:35 p. m. the next day in the Bronx, with his body in the trunk, after a police license plate reader registered a hit on the missing vehicle. Law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that detectives were exploring an ID theft ring’s relationship to Johnson. Source: cliffviewpilot.com