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V.I. Police Arrest Man In Bucks Co. Native Murder

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Aug 4, 2007 11:58 pm US/Eastern

V.I. Police Arrest Man In Bucks Co. Native Murder

NEW HOPE, Pa. (CBS 3) ― Police have arrested a suspect in connection to the murder of a Bucks County native in the Virgin Islands.

James (Jamie) Cockayne, a 2005 graduate of New Hope Solebury High School, was stabbed to death outside a bar in the Virgin Islands on June 20.

Virgin Island police said Kamal Thomas of Gifft Hill was taken into custody on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and using a dangerous weapon during the commission of a crime of violence.

Cockayne's family was immediately notified of the Friday arrest.

Jamie had moved to St. John preparing to work at a Virgin Island yacht club.

Only hours before his death, an eyewitness reportedly saw Jamie arguing in a bar with another man.

Thomas is being held without bail and will appear in an Advice of Rights hearing in V.I. Superior Court on August 6.

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