INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD homicide detectives arrested a man in connection with the 2022 robbery and murder of 41-year-old Ervin Crabtree on the near east side of Indianapolis.
About an hour after midnight on June 17, 2022, IMPD officers responded to a call from the 2300 block of Stuart Street, near East 25th Street and North Sherman Drive, on a report of a person shot. Crabtree was transported from the scene to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead by medical staff.
Following a year-long investigation, homicide detectives identified 20-year-old Jerry Poge as a possible suspect in Crabtree's murder. Poge had been in custody for an unrelated incident at the time of the arrest.
On July 12, 2023, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office charged Poge with felony murder and robbery.
According to online records, an initial hearing for Poge is scheduled for July 18.
IMPD asks that anyone with information on this incident contact Detective Christopher Winter at 317-327-3475 or Christopher.Winter@indy.gov.
