BALTIMORE - Prosecutors charged a man with obstruction of justice in the 2017 murder of the son of University of Maryland head football coach Mike Locksley.
John Willie Kennedy Jr., 44, is charged with two counts of obstruction of justice. According to documents, Kennedy allegedly gave false information during a death investigation of Meiko Locksley.
According to records, Kennedy "did corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede any official proceeding, and attempt to do so, namely a federal grand jury investigation into the murder of Meiko Locksley."
Howard County police announced in 2020 they have doubled the reward to $20,000 for information in the homicide three years after Locksley was killed.
The Banner reports than Kennedy called 911 to report Meiko had been shot, and that he didn't know anything else. Police said that he did.
Kennedy allegedly identified the shooter and explained how it went down, only to say: "I ain't no snitch, and I ain't no killer, and I'm not going to be your witness," according to the Banner.
The Banner added that Kennedy's attorney said he recanted what he said because he only told police what they wanted to hear.
Meiko used to play football for the University of New Mexico and then Lackawanna College in Pennsylvania. He was working at a Subway store just minutes away from where he was killed.
