Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Ronald Catti, of Brooklyn, tried to avoid capture; 3-year-old was in the yard when authorities apprehended him
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
WAYNE, NJ: A New York man was charged Monday with eluding a police officer after authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies chased him through the Packanack Lake section of town and near Valley Road, Wayne Police said. Ronald Catti, 32, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was found in the backyard of a house on Kossouth Place after personnel from the Wayne Police Department, Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office, and the state police, pursued him after he failed to stop for a traffic stop, Det./Capt. James Clarke said. Clarke said Wayne police had Catti under surveillance after naming him a suspect in several burglaries that occurred in town since late April; Wayne police began watching Catti about a week ago. Wayne …
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Robert Marone, a convicted murder, has been using an alias for more than 15 years, authorities say
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
A convicted murderer who police say has been in hiding for more than 15 years has been arrested in Florida. Detectives from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department arrested Robert Marone, 69, on Friday after receiving a citizen's tip relayed from the New Jersey State Police's Fugitive tipline, according to a release from the Office of the Attorney General. Marone, who was living under an alias in Fort Lauderdale, was wanted by the New Jersey Parole Board on a violation stemming from a 1971 murder conviction. In 1992, he was charged with aggravated sexual assault on a child in Ocean County and has been on New Jersey's 12 Most Wanted list since 1995. "The cooperative effort leading to the apprehension of Robert Marone is a excellent example of…
Monday, April 9, 2012
Parolee who led authorities on seven-hour search appears in court
The parolee who led local and state authorities on an hours-long manhunt Friday, disrupting Garden State Parkway traffic and attracting a phalanx of police, made his first appearance in court Monday morning, according to court records. Kevin T. Brown, 37, of Pequannock, in Morris County, is being held at Monmouth County Jail, Freehold township, on $46,500 bail, according to jail records. Brown made his initial appearance Monday on eight separate charges stemming from the Friday incident. He is charged with aggravated assault while eluding capture, hindering, defiant tresspass, creating a dangerous condition, obstruction, criminal mischief, resisting arrest and creating the risk of widespread injury, according to court records. Shortly …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Escaped prisoner George Wright convicted of killing man in Wall
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
LISBON, Portugal — Portugal's Supreme Court has refused a second appeal by the U.S. to extradite American fugitive George Wright. A court ruling provided to The Associated Press on Wednesday showed judges confirmed a decision last month to deny a U.S. appeal for extradition. They issued their ruling Tuesday without providing details. The U.S. can lodge a final appeal at the Constitutional Court in Lisbon. Portuguese police captured the 68-year-old Wright near the capital Lisbon last September, ending his four decades on the lam after escaping from a New Jersey prison. A lower court judge ruled in November that Wright had become a Portuguese citizen and that, under Portuguese law, the statute of limitations on his 15- to 30-year sentence …
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Country will not send back George Wright
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
LISBON, Portugal — Portugal's Supreme Court has refused a request from the U.S. to extradite American fugitive George Wright, his lawyer said Thursday. Wright's lawyer Manuel Luis Ferreira said the court rejected an appeal by the U.S. against a lower court's decision that denied extradition a month ago. "The Supreme Court has denied the appeal," Ferreira told The Associated Press. "They notified me today." The U.S. can now appeal to Portugal's Constitutional Court if it chooses to. Ferreira said he did not have details of the ruling. In Portugal, extradition cases are conducted in secret. Ferreira said Wright intends to remain in Portugal. A Lisbon judge decided against Wright's extradition in November, two months after he was captured in …
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 …
Monday, October 3, 2011
George Wright's wife says she had no idea
The wife of captured American fugitive George Wright said her husband told her he escaped from a U.S. jail but never revealed he had been convicted of murder or accused of a dramatic airplane hijacking, the Associated Press reported Monday. 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. He was arrested in Portugal last week. Maria do Rosario Valente, Wright's wife, said she was shocked to learn about her husband's past after his capture in Portugal last week after 41 years on the lam. She said she thought the jail …
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 …
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