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 …
Monday, October 22, 2012
Jury finds man guilty of killing Kyleigh Sousa in Arizona
A jury in Arizona found a man guilty of first degree murder and robbery in the killing of a Point Borough woman who was attending college in Arizona, according to Fox News in Phoenix, AZ. Jose Luis Marquez, 22, was found guilty of first degree murder and robbery Monday morning in the slaying of Kyleigh Sousa, a Point Borough high school graduate who was attending Arizona State University (ASU). "A lot of tears were flowing when the family of the victim, 21-year-old Kyleigh Sousa, heard the guilty verdicts in court," reported Fox News. "Sousa's mother was seen in the front row, holding an ASU Sun Devil shirt on her lap." Karen Montenegro, Kyleigh's mother, has been in Arizona for the trial. Fox is reporting: "Marquez was accused of trying …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Jeffrey Mayhue has been charged with murder, arson and robbery in connection with the death of Michael Conway
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
A second man has been charged in connection with a home invasion and murder at a Jackson Mills Road residence in Freehold Township last year. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office announced 48-year-old Jeffrey Mayhue was arrested Wednesday on murder, robbery, aggravated arson and conspiracy and weapons charges in connection with the death of Michael Conway, 42, in a July 31, 2011 incident. In October, Richard Busby, 55, was arrested and charged with murder, robbery, and arson, according to court documents. Prosecutors contend Mayhue and Busby entered the Jackson Mills Road home Conway shared with his girlfriend, according to the press release. The pair were allegedly armed with a handgun and killed Conway before setting fire to the …
Monday, June 18, 2012
Arthur E. Morgan III facing life in prison without parole for the death of Tierra Morgan-Glover
Arthur E. Morgan III, father of 2-year-old Tierra Morgan-Glover, on Monday was indicted on first-degree murder charges for the death of the toddler who was found dead in Shark River Park late last year, authorities said. Morgan, 27, whose last known address was in Eatontown, was also indicted on third-degree interference with custody and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child charges, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Morgan faces a maximum of five years in prison if convicted of the custody charge; 10 years on the endangerment charge and life in prison on the murder charge, since Tierra was less than 14 years old at the time of her death, according to the Prosecutor's Office. Morgan is in the Monmouth County …
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Arthur Morgan wanted for murder in connection with the death of 2-year-old daughter
Arthur Eugene Morgan III, wanted for murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, has been arrested in San Diego, Calif., the U.S. Marshal Office said tonight. Morgan, on the lam since the body of his daughter, Tierra Morgan-Glover, was found in a stream in Shark River Park in Wall last week, was arrested in a house in San Diego, said U.S. Marshal spokeswoman Lynzey Donahue. The home, on the 800 block of Euclid Ave. in East San Diego, was owned by a friend of Morgan's, Deputy U.S. Marshal Omar Castillo said. The service had received information from New Jersey that Morgan may be in East San Diego Tuesday. Castillo did not know from what agency the tip came from. The Marshal service tracked down the home and surveiled it for seven hours …
KC
12:50 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
What a beautiful young woman she was! May she rest in peace and may her family find some solace and healing. more ›