Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Network's "48 Hours" program airs case of fugitive George Wright
The man who spent 41 years on the lam after escaping from prison following his conviction on charges he murdered a man at a Wall Township gas station was the subject of a CBS news show this weekend. "48 Hours'' aired a 42-minute segment on the case of George Wright, who was convicted of killing Walter Patterson at his gas station on the Routes 33/34 circle on Nov. 23, 1962. Wright spent seven years in a U.S. prison for the murder before escaping in 1970. He then hijacked a plane in 1972 from the U.S. to Algeria along with other Black Liberation Army militants. He was captured just last year in Portugal after his U.S. fingerprint matched one in Portugal's database of prints for all citizens. Portugal has refused to extradite Wright to the …
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Miss our live coverage? Read the transcript below!
The case of George Wright, who spent 41 years on the lam after escaping from prison in New Jersey after his conviction in the murder of a Wall gas station attendent in the 1960s, is the subject of a Congressional hearing before the Helsinki Commission. We're covering it live at 2 p.m. The event will be streamed live here. Watch the hearing and join the chat!
Helsinki Commission to hear testimony Wednesday in the case of George Wright
The Helsinki Commission, a Congressional commission headed by U.S. Rep. Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., Wednesday afternoon is scheduled to hold a hearing on international fugitives, using the case of George Wright -- the escaped prisoner who was convicted of murdering a Wall gas station attendent in the 1960s and is now living in Portugal. Among those scheduled to testify at the 2 p.m. hearing on Captiol Hill is Ann Patterson, of Howell, the daughter of Walter Patterson who was killed by a young George Wright at a Wall Township gas station in 1962 during a robbery. The event will be streamed live here. Portuguese police captured the 68-year-old Wright near the capital Lisbon last September, ending his four decades on the lam after escaping …
Thursday, November 17, 2011
George Wright, an escaped prisoner, killed a man in Wall in the1960s
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
LISBON, Portugal — A Portuguese court has denied a U.S. request for the extradition of captured American fugitive George Wright, who spent 41 years on the lam in a journey that took him across three continents, a court official and his lawyer said Thursday. The U.S. wants Wright returned to serve the rest of his 15- to 30-year jail sentence for a 1962 killing in Wall Township. Wright was captured in Portugal in September after a fingerprint provided by U.S. authorities was matched to his in a national database the country maintains for all citizens and legal residents. Wright's lawyer, Manuel Luis Ferreira, told The Associated Press by telephone the judge accepted his arguments that Wright is now Portuguese and that the statute of …
Friday, October 28, 2011
Wright, convicted murderer of Wall gas station attendent, on lamb for 41 years
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Friday, October 28, 2011
ALMOCAGEME, Portugal — The wife of captured American fugitive George Wright said Friday her husband has various health problems and should not be extradited to the United States. Maria do Rosario Valente said in an interview with The Associated Press at their home that Wright suffers from glaucoma, "very, very high" blood pressure caused by recent stress, and has complained of chest pains. "We're having a bunch of tests done to see what's his current health condition," Valente said. Wright's lawyer, Manuel Luis Ferreira, said he intends to include his client's poor health in his legal arguments against extradition to the United States. "I didn't initially realize how bad he was. Now I've got to know him, I know his problems," Ferreira told…
Friday, October 14, 2011
George Wright, a fugitive for more than 40 years, is fighting extradition to the US
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Friday, October 14, 2011
LISBON, Portugal — A court has allowed captured American fugitive George Wright -- convicted of a Wall Township murder -- to leave jail and stay at his Portuguese home while he fights extradition to the U.S., the Associated Press reported Friday. A judge hearing the case released Wright from custody on condition he stays at his home near Lisbon and wears an electronic tag that monitors his movements, lawyer Manuel Luis Ferreira told the AP. Wright spent seven years in prison before escaping in 1970, and was on the run for 41 years until his arrest in Portugal almost three weeks ago. Wright had been held in a Lisbon jail since he was caught. "He can't leave the house and he can't speak about the case to anyone," Ferreira told the AP. Under …
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Man who killed owner of Collingswood Esso in 1960s arrested in Portugal
An escaped prisoner who killed a township gas station attendant in the 1960s was nabbed in Portugal after 41 years on the lam, authorities said Tuesday. George Wright, now 68, was arrested in a town near Lisbon on Monday, FBI Special Agent Bryan L. Travers said. Wright, then 19, was convicted of the 1962 murder of Howell resident Walter Patterson -- a WWII veteran, Bronze Star award recipient and father of two -- who was shot and killed during a robbery of what was then the Collingswood Esso gas station in the north end of town. Wright, along with several associates already had committed a series of robberies on Nov. 23, 1962 leading up to the murder, Travers said. “There will finally be justice for daddy,” Ann Patterson, of Howell, told …
Kevin McQuade
10:01 am on Friday, November 30, 2012
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