TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Tag: new-jersey

  • No justice for Megan Kanka

    ‘Megan’s Law’ killer escapes death under N.J. execution ban:

    The man who raped and killed 7-year-old Megan Kanka — the 1994 crime that inspired “Megan’s Law” — is one of eight men whose sentences were commuted to life in prison this week as part of New Jersey’s new ban on execution.

    The Garden State on Monday became the first state in more than three decades to abolish the death penalty after a commission ruled the punishment is “inconsistent with evolving standards of decency.”

    Gov. Jon Corzine the day before commuted the sentences of eight men sitting on the state’s death row. They will now serve life in prison without parole, according to the governor’s office.

    Among the eight is Jesse Timmendequas, 46, who was sentenced to death in June 1997 for Megan’s murder.

    Prosecutors said Timmendequas lured Megan to his home by saying he wanted to show her a puppy. He then raped her, beat her and strangled her with a belt. A day later, he led police to her body.

    I would have been content if New Jersey executed this scumbag then abolished the death penalty. Thanks a lot Gov. Corzine for pissing on the grave of Megan Kanka.

  • South Jersey pimp pleads guilty

    Pleasantville man admits prostituting minors:

    Casson Coward of Pleasantville, New Jersey was arrested back in June for pimping out two girls ages 14 and 16 from Allentown, Pa. on craigslist.

    Yesterday Coward pleaded guilty to interstate transporting of minors for the purposes of prostitution. His partner Kevin R. Mayfield was also arrested. Both of them are looking at 10 to life and a $250K fine.

    The so-called victimless crime continues.

  • NJ teen arrested on sex charges

    MySpace Message Tips Parents Off To Child’s Secret Meeting:

    18-year-old Frank Kelley of Millville, New Jersey was arrested after using MySpace to set up a meeting with a 12-year-old girl.

    The unnamed victim’s parents told police they found their child with Frank Kelley at Mulligan Field — a local recreation park located in the north end of the Villas section of Lower Township, Cape May County — after finding messages between the two on a computer.

    The article doesn’t state what happened at the meeting but Kelley was charged with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

  • A suggestion for abortion protesters

    Anti-abortion protest targets Absecon clinic:

    This is how an abortion protest/rally should be run…

    Standing abreast on the parking lot of a nearby real estate office adjoining the wooded office park, nine Catholic laymembers, many clasping rosaries, repeatedly recited the “Hail Mary” prayer.

    Patients leaving Sackstein’s office ignored the group, who shouted, “We’re praying for you,” or alternatively, “Jesus loves you. We love you.”

    Most of the group broke up shortly after being interviewed, after protesting for about two hours.

    Got that? That means no signs with pictures of aborted fetuses, no name calling, no spitting, and especially no violence. You make the rest of us who oppose abortions look like assclowns.

  • New Jersey AG eyes MySpace and others

    New Jersey asks 12 Web sites to check for sex offenders:

    New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram has not only asked MySpace for sex offender information she’s also asked eleven other sites to do the same.

    Attorney General Anne Milgram has asked for information from Xanga.com, Facebook, Community Connect, TagWorld, Bebo, MyYearbook.com, Tagged, Friendster, LiveJournal, Imeem, Hi5 and Gaia Online.

    I’ll give her this much, she’s thorough. Some of those sites I hadn’t even heard of. But like other states Attorneys General, she’s picking on MySpace…

    The Attorney General’s Office has issued three subpoenas to MySpace, but the 12 other sites will soon be getting letters from Milgram asking for help.

    And also like the other state Attorneys General, there’s no mention of parents doing a better job of monitoring their children.

  • NJ man arretsed for MySpace assault

    Cops: Girl victim of MySpace assault:

    19-year-old Jhor Guerra of New Brunswick, New Jersey has been arrested for having sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl he met on MySpace.

    Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest said Guerra and a 22-year-old man met with the girl and another 13-year-old girl in an apartment in the Somerset section of Franklin. The men gave the girls alcohol, and Guerra “engaged in sexual activity” with one of the girls, Forrest said.

    The victim reported the sexual contact to Dunellen police at about 11:45 p.m. July 20, Forrest said. Forrest said the victim told police she had met Guerra on MySpace.

    I was able to find two MySpaces for Guerra however they are both bare bones. In true MySpace fashion, there has been a MySpace set up by his supporters entitled obviously enough FREE JHOR.

  • Zarate brothers plead not guilty

    Not-guilty pleas in grisly slaying:

    From the “You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me” Dept. comes the story that both Zarate brothers have pleaded not guilty in the murder and dismemberment of 16-year-old Jennifer Parks. So let me get this straight. They invited Jennifer to their house, beat her and stabbed her to death, dismembered her body so that they can store the body in a trunk, stored the trunk in a Jeep for 24 hours and attended a kid’s birthday party, then got caught trying to dump her body in the Passaic River, and then they plead not guilty? What possible defense could they have? I guess they figured since the death penalty is off the table they’ll take their chances in the trial.

  • Jonathan Zarate will NOT face the death penalty

    Jonathan Zarate will NOT face the death penalty

    Slaying-dismembering: No capital case:

    Excuse my language, but…fucking New Jersey.

    Jonathan Zarate, the New Jersey teen who killed and dismembered 16-year-old Jennifer Parks, will not be facing the death penalty…

    On the day a grand jury handed up murder indictments against Jonathan Zarate, 19, and his brother, James, 16, Prosecutor Michael M. Rubbinaccio said he could not seek a capital case because the crime’s most-heinous aspects occurred after Jennifer Parks was dead.

    Citing state law, Rubbinaccio said prosecutors must establish the murder was “outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman … and that it involved torture” to allow him to seek the death penalty.

    “Certainly you can describe what took place after the homicide as being all those things,” Rubbinaccio said, referring to the dismemberment. “But that is not evidence of an aggravating factor that would trigger a capital case litigation.”

    I don’t fault Mr. Rubbinaccio. I’m sure he did what he could. But the New Jersey law is so incredibly wrong on this. There is no justice for Jennifer Parks without the execution of Jonathan Zarate.

    Mrs. Parks, I know you’re reading this, and I am truly sorry about this.

  • New Jersey calls out the usual suspects

    New Jersey calls out the usual suspects

    Keep kids’ photos off Web sites, state attorney general warns:

    The New Jersey State Attorney General thinks pictures are the problem…

    The playground isn’t the only place parents should watch over their children, state Attorney General Stuart Rabner says.

    Rabner said Web sites that let users put their picture online are unsafe and the owners of those sites should adopt a policy to make it easier for people to report harassment and crime online. He said he is mainly concerned with social networking sites, sites made up of picture profiles and descriptions of children and adult users who befriend each other and comment on each other’s pages.

    Rabner asked the chief financial officers of 10 social networking Web sites, such as Myspace, Xanga and Facebook, to consider installing a link that would appear on every page of their site, on which users could click if they felt bothered by another person.

    This link would alert not only site officials but also law enforcement officers in order to catch criminal activity, such as sexual harassment, he said.

    In a Nov. 16 letter to Web site owners, Raber expressed the need for such a policy.

    “The use of your service for illegal activity, and as a medium through which child predators identify, learn about and contact potential victims, poses a serious threat to the public safety of some of our most vulnerable citizens and creates significant risks for the positive reputation and continued operations of your business,” Rabner said.

    “I believe these goals can best be accomplished by making it easier for users to identify and report suspicious activity and illegal content, such as child pornography.”

    Yeah, that won’t cause a plethora of false alarms.

    I noticed that nowhere in his letter did Attorney General Rabner call for better parenting.

  • Dumped boyfriend uses MySpace for revenge

    Dumped boyfriend uses MySpace for revenge

    Former Boyfriend Seeks Revenge On MySpace.com:

    (CBS) CLIFTON Police say Neftali Soto sent “intimate photos” of his ex-girlfriend to students at the Christopher Columbus Middle School in Clifton, NJ where she’s a teacher.

    They say the 26-year-old did it by setting up a sham account on MySpace.Com, pretending to be the teacher.

    “They were intimate photos they took on vacation, the kind lovers would take in this digital age,” said Joseph Del Russo, Passaic County’s Assistant Prosecutor.

    Authorities say Soto stole the photos from his ex’s computer because he was angry over their breakup.

    Then, according to investigators, he used MySpace’s search engine to identify students at the school.

    “When a mom found out, she forwarded the pictures to her own account and she was able to freeze time.” Del Russo said.

    That’s how investigators say they were able to link the photos to Soto’s computer.

    MySpace had the usual non-answer…

    When asked for comment about this story, MySpace.Com said they have all kinds of safety nets to make sure inappropriate material doesn’t make it on the site.

    Apparently, their safety net has Buick sized holes in it.