photo by: Mugshot courtesy of the KBI Violent Offenders Registry

Camdon Joe Collins is pictured with the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center.

An Oskaloosa man charged with obstruction in connection with the 2023 shooting death of a 14-year-old boy was denied a bond last Tuesday in connection with another firearm charge.

The man, Camdon Joe Collins, 21, is currently facing three cases where in two of the cases he has a bond but Judge Sally Pokorny denied Collins bond in his oldest case. She said on June 25 that she would not set a bond because he has repeatedly refused to comply with court orders even when she has “looked him in the eye” and given a direct order that he agreed to. Collins had been wanted by law enforcement since April after he failed to appear in court until his arrest on June 1.

“He hasn’t complied with one condition of his probation in over a year,” Pokorny said.

Collins was sentenced to 12 months in prison in September 2023, after being convicted of one felony count of criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle but his sentence was suspended to 24 months of probation. An affidavit in support of revoking his probation said that after missing appointments with his probation officer, his parents have frequently called his probation officer asking for leniency and to try to reschedule meetings, which Collins then missed. In May of 2023 Collins had also tested positive for methamphetamine after a drug test.

In addition to being denied bail in the probation matter, his attorney, Joseph Falls, withdrew as Collins’ counsel after taking a job in another county. Falls said that Collins would need a new attorney but that he knew most of the other attorneys who work for indigent defendants like Collins had previously declined to work with Collins due to conflicts with other clients.

Pokorny appointed the Douglas County Public Defender’s Office to Collin’s case noting that they had recently hired a new attorney, John DeMarco, and if a conflict arose then the court could address it later.

Collins’ other two pending cases include a felony charge for obstructing apprehension or prosecution by knowingly helping a person charged with a felony escape or avoid conviction or punishment. The charging document alleges that Collins aided Derrick Del Reed, 18, of Lawrence, who was tried on one count of first degree murder in connection with the shooting death of 14-year-old Kamarjay Shaw on March 18, 2023. Reed was acquitted of the charge in March 2024, as the Journal-World reported.

Collins is one of six people charged with obstructing the investigation into Shaw’s death. Another man, Owen Gage Walker, 19, of Lawrence is also charged with obstruction and Reed’s defense attorney, Mark Hartman, said at trial that Walker was with Reed when Shaw was shot and that Walker May be the true shooter. Police took a statement from Walker the night of the shooting where Walker said that Reed had fired the shots and he was later released by police only to be charged with obstruction later. Walker remains wanted by police and has never been taken into custody on the charge. Shaw’s murder remains unsolved.

photo by: Lawrence Police Department

Owen Gage Walker is pictured in this notice from the Lawrence Police Department. Walker is suspected of felony obstruction in connection with the shooting death of 14-year-old Kamarjay Shaw on March 18, 2023.

Four teen girls were also charged with felony obstruction in connection with the case, two of which were convicted in juvenile court and were granted probation while a third had her charges dismissed, as the Journal-World reported. The fourth girl’s case is still pending and she is scheduled to appear in court on July 31 for a status conference.

Collins is also charged with misdemeanor battery on a law enforcement officer in connection with an incident in December of 2022.

Collins has bonds set in the obstruction and battery cases set at $5,000 cash or surety. With no bond in the probation violation matter, Collins is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday for a status conference.