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FBI’s $1M NJ Fugitive Dead In Cuba, Officials Confirm FBI’s $1M NJ Fugitive Dead In Cuba, Officials Confirm
FBI’s $1M NJ Fugitive Dead In Cuba, Officials Confirm A woman convicted of murdering a New Jersey State Trooper more than 50 years ago has died in Cuba, officials announced. On Friday, Sept. 26, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Joanne Deborah Byron, widely known as Assata Shakur and Joanne Chesimard, died in Havana at age 78. Officials said her death was “a consequence of health ailments and her advanced age.” Chesimard was convicted in 1977 of first-degree murder and other charges after a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that left Trooper Werner Foerster dead and another trooper wounded. She was sentenced to life in pri…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Connecticut Mom Begs For Help After Stepson She Imprisoned Sets Fire To Home In 911 Call Connecticut Mom Begs For Help After Stepson She Imprisoned Sets Fire To Home In 911 Call
Connecticut Mom Begs For Help After Stepson She Imprisoned Sets Fire To Home In 911 Call A 911 call released to the media this week reveals what was happening inside an alleged house of horrors when a 32-year-old man — who police say had been locked away for two decades — set fire to his home in a desperate bid to escape. Kimberly Sullivan made the 911 call on Feb. 17 when she saw smoke coming from her stepson's bedroom in their Waterbury home on Blake Street, police said. Related: Police Chief Calls Case "Worst Treatment Of Humanity' He's Ever Seen In the recording obtained by CT Insider, Sullivan pleads with 911 dispatchers for firefighters and paramedics to hurry to the sce…

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by Josh Lanier
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'Compulsive' Sex Offender, Inmate Escapes During Transport To Hospital In Newark: State Police 'Compulsive' Sex Offender, Inmate Escapes During Transport To Hospital In Newark: State Police
'Compulsive' Sex Offender, Inmate Escapes During Transport To Hospital In Newark: State Police The New Jersey State Police are asking for the public’s help in locating registered sex offender Nicholas Voutsas, who authorities said escaped from custody while being transported to University Hospital in Newark on Thursday, Jan. 30. Voutsas, 25, escaped from a New Jersey Department of Health medical transport van at approximately 9 a.m. while en route to the hospital, State Police said. The New Jersey Human Services Police Department has charged him with escape, authorities said. Voutsas is a Tier 2 sex offender, which is described as a "repetitive, compulsive" offender on the NJ Sex Off…

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by Cecilia Levine