By Staff writer
Monrovia: Jerome Tokpah, an officer of the Liberia National Police has been jailed on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 by the Monrovia City Court Judge Ben Barco for attempting to kill a female identified as Courage Tarr.
Defendant Jerome Tokpah who is said to be an officer of the traffic division (LNP) was charged after he nearly killed victim Courage Tarr, a resident of Caldwell Township.
According to the police Charge Sheet, preliminary, investigation conducted to establish fact and circumstances which led to victim Courage Tarr scuffle an
injuries sustained by Defendant Jerome Tokpah, was revealed
that Mr. Eric Tarr acquired one lot of land in the Caldwell Township Taylor Major community, Montserrado County, which contained two
houses where he and his family live, while defendant Jerome
Tokpah of LNP officer sharing coner stone with Mr. EricTarr
believe to also have one lot of land that contain two houses on it as well, which he and his family also live.
The LNP Investigation uncovered that on Saturday morning, May 11, 2024,
while Mr. Eric Tarr was in his yard doing some cleaning up defendant Jerome was also in his yard brushing when he saw the victim cleaning up his place, he started singing song (Rebel in town, Zogo in town), and moving toward Mr. Eric Tarr, attempted assaulting him with his whipper blade on the back of his neck, at which time Mr. Eric Tarr’s daughter Courage Tarr who saw the mood of defendant Jerome Tokpah coming toward her father Mr. Tarr, she pushed him aside, preventing defendant Jerome Tokpan from wounding her father.
In the process, defendant Tokpah assaulted victim Courage Tarr on her forehead with the whipper blade he had in his hand which resulted to the victim sustained seriously bodily injury.
The investigation further revealed that defendant Tokpah and Mr. Tarr have been having some dispute over land issue for more than a year.
The finding of the LNP Investigators Reports from the Charged Sheet: “Having thoroughly assessed the crime scene, physically examined the injuries sustained by victim Courage Tarr the various testimonies from Interviews conducted, the investigation has established the following facts to wit” That, the crimes of Aggravated assault and Criminal attempt to commit Murder was committed against victims Courage Tarr when defendant Jerome Tokpah had gone to attacked Mr. Eric Tarr while he was cleaning up his yard on Saturday morning May 11, 2024.
