Friday, April 26, 2013
Farmingdale man indicted on four shoplifting charges
Erik M. Parker likes K-mart. He just doesn’t like to pay for anything there, police say. Parker, 28, of Farmingdale, on Wednesday was indicted on four counts of shoplifting from various K-mart stores in the area. On November 29, Parker was caught stealing more than $500 from the Michigan-based retailer’s West Long Branch location, according to an indictment. On December, 13, he was caught stealing merchandise valued at more than $500 from the Wall Township K-mart location, the indictment says. On January 4, Parker was caught again at the Wall Township K-Mart stealing more than $500 worth of merchandise, the indictment says. And on March 18, Parker was again nabbed at the West Long Branch location stealing more than $500 in merchandise, …
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 …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Memorial Race for John Blewett III this Saturday
Wall Stadium is scheduled to honor the memory of a longtime Jersey Shore racing legend with a race this weekend, stadium officials said. The 76-lap “John Blewett III Memorial’’ is set to take place Saturday, memorializing a Modified racer who lost his life in Thompson, Ct., five years ago. Members of the Blewett family, incluing standout driver Jimmy Blewett who plans on driving in the race that honors his brother, plan to be in attendance, track officials said. Wall Stadium Speedway will take time to honor the memory of one of its most successful and popular drivers as it celebrates the “John Blewett III Memorial” this Saturday evening. Spectator seating will open at 5:00 p.m. with qualifying set for 6:00 p.m. and feature race action …
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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 …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Local charity accepting monetary donations
The Wall Police Department and a local charity have set up a donation fund for the homeless man who was attacked and beaten by area youths earlier this week, police said Tuesday. Police have coordinated with Wall Helps Its People (WHIP), a township-based charitable organization, to set up the fund, Lt. Walter Pomphrey said. Authorities have identified the man as David Ivins, 50. Ivins is currently staying at the Belmar Inn on 12th Avenue in Belmar, where he has been given a room until Jan. 2. "We just felt very bad for him and he's outside in the cold weather for Christmas and the holidays and we just want to put him over here,'' said Dee Mavani, Belmar Inn owner. "We really felt bad that this happened to him -- it's completely ignorant. …
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 …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Man allegedly accepted bribe while working for soil conservation district
A man from the Manasquan Park section of Wall Township is facing charges in Monmouth County Superior Court after he allegedly accepted a bribe from an undercover officer while working in an official capacity for the Freehold Soil Conservation District. John Tonon, 51, of Lakewood Road, is charged in relation to an Oct. 26 incident in Hazlet in which authorities say he accepted $700 from an undercover officer of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, to influence his work as a soil conservationist and inspector. According to a release from the Prosecutor's Office, the bribe was intended to expedite the permitting process for a recently built home. The second degree crime is a violation of state statue NJSA 2C:27-2 which prohibits the …
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Wall High senior moves on in nationally televised singing competition
Cari Fletcher, a 17-year-old singing phenomenon and Wall Township High School student, made a national television debut Wednesday appearing on X Factor, a new singing competition from American Idol producer Simon Cowell. Fletcher received the blessing of all four of the show's judges during her televised audition, putting her through to a second round of televised competition leading toward a grand prize of a $5 million recording contract. Wearing ragged jeans during her appearance, recorded earlier this year in Newark, the blonde-haired Fletcher sang "Alone" by '70s rock group "Heart.'' Judge L.A. Reid, a former executive with Def Jam records and the producer credited for discovering Justin Beiber, had high praise for Fletcher. "You have …
Lucretia B
2:06 pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
You mean were not dealing with a novice here? No homelessness for food? No street living? No reselling goods to feed the family or pay rent? No drugs? more ›