Jabrai Jordan Copney is a 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Harlem, New York. In 2009, Copney was charged with being an accessory in the shooting murder of Justin Cosby in a Harvard University dorm on May 18. Prosecutors allege that Copney and two other friends traveled to Massachusetts with the intention of robbing 21-year-old Cosby when the robbery attempt took a deadly turn. Copney has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is being held without bail.NY Daily News: Harlem man arrested in murder at Harvard (May 22, 2009)
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Chanequa Campbell is a 21-year-old Harvard University senior who was barred from campus while police and the university investigate the May 18, 2009 shooting of Justin Cosby. Campbell was asked to leave campus and told that she would not be graduating with the next of her class in June. She alleges that she has no connection to the shooting, save knowing Copney's girlfriend, Brittany Smith, and was taking a final and at work during the time of the shooting. Investigators believe that Campbell allowed Cosby to use her swipe card to gain access to the dorm.New York Post: Harvard Gal Slay Probe (May 26, 2009)
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Jabrai Jordan Copney
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20 years old (in 2009)
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From Harlem, New York City, New York
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Copney's father is a retired NYPD police officer
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Copney is an aspiring singer-songwriter
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Copney is a a graduate of the Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts in BrooklynNY Daily News: Harlem man arrested in murder at Harvard (May 22, 2009)
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Charged with murder, accessory after the fact to murder, and possession of a firearm in connection with the May 18, 2009, shooting death of Justin CosbyNY Daily News: Harlem man arrested in murder at Harvard (May 22, 2009)
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Pleaded not guilty to all charges
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Copney is being held without bail
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Copney and Cosby knew each other through Copney's girlfriend who attends Harvard
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Cosby did not attend Harvard, but is alleged to have sold drugs to students thereNY Daily News: Harlem man arrested in murder at Harvard (May 22, 2009)
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