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The brother of Janoris Jenkins was charged with aggravated manslaughter after a body was found at the New Jersey home of the New York Giants’ cornerback.
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William Jenkins Jr.(Photo: Provided)

William H. Jenkins Jr., the brother of a New York Giants player accused of killing a man in his brother’s New Jersey home, was apprehended at an Ontario County gas station, according to New York State Police.

Jenkins, 34, was charged Wednesday with aggravated manslaughter in connection with the death of Roosevelt Rene, whose body was found in a Fair Lawn, N.J., home belonging to Giants’ cornerback Janoris Jenkins.

William and Janoris Jenkins are brothers.

Rene, 25, was found at noon Tuesday in the basement of the home, where William Jenkins lived, according to the Bergen County, N.J., Prosecutor’s Office. Rene had been living at the house recently and appeared to work with Janoris Jenkins on music ventures, according to several Instagram posts.

Rene was a music producer who went by the name Trypps Beatz. He and William Jenkins got into a fight early Monday that ended with Rene dead, according to court documents.

New York State Police said troopers were called to the Expressmart on Collett Road in Farmington, near Route 332, around 10:30 p.m. Monday to investigate a suspicious person.

William Jenkins told the responding trooper that he had been in the store waiting to buy fuel for more than two hours, troopers said. The trooper, who learned that William Jenkins did not have a valid driver’s license and was on parole for a drug conviction, summoned a parole officer.

New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins (20) during the game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. (Photo: Jeff Hanisch, USA TODAY Sports)

Jenkins was apprehended on a parole violation warrant and was taken to the Ontario County Jail, where he remains awaiting extradition to New Jersey, according to authorities.

Troopers said they believe William Jenkins may have been traveling to the Geneva area, where he previously lived.

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William Jenkins has a criminal record that includes a 2003 conviction for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to Florida prison records.

Then 19, William Jenkins was arrested and charged with stabbing another man during a brawl that erupted at a high school football game in Belle Glade, Fla., according to reports published then in the Florida Sun-Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post.

He served 2½ years in prison for multiple convictions, which included his involvement in a burglary or attempted burglary and grand theft of $100 to $300, according to Florida prison records.

He also spent five years in custody, from 2011 to 2016, following drug sale and possession convictions in Ontario County, according to the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

The Giants organization said it believed Janoris Jenkins has been at his off-season home in Florida since the team’s minicamp ended June 14. He has played two seasons with the Giants after being selected by the Rams out of North Alabama in in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft.

Includes reporting by USA Today reporters Joshua Jongsma and Josh Peter

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