Charges laid in connection to local homicide

Christopher Lewis, 23, of Ajax has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Jermaine Osbourne, 19.

Lewis was arrested by members of the Guns and Gangs Unit on November 15, 2007.

On Tuesday, June 6, 2006, police were called to the Albert Frank Place/George Street South area for a shooting. Jermaine Osbourne succumbed to his injuries 20 days later.

Christopher Lewis was arrested following an investigation by the homicide squad.

He is scheduled to appear in courtroom #501 at College Park, on Friday, November 16, 2007, at 10 a.m.