
According to Lt. Frank Guidice of the Nassau County Police Department homicide bureau, Jermaine paid $200 of the $300 sales price and was given the gun. When Mr. Belle encountered Jermaine on the street the next night and asked for the rest of his money, an argument developed, Lieutenant Guidice said. Jermaine allegedly shot Mr. Belle in the chest, was arrested a short time later with the gun in his waistband and was charged as an adult with second-degree murder.