NEWARK — The reward for the capture of a fugitive convicted of murdering a New Jersey state trooper was doubled to $2 million Thursday, the 40th anniversary of the shooting.
The FBI also said it has made Joanne Chesimard, who now lives in Cuba as Assata Shakur, the first woman on its list of most wanted terrorists.
The Justice Department has offered $1 million for information leading to her capture. The additional money is being put up by the state.
Chesimard, a member of the Black Liberation Army, was convicted in 1977 of the murder of Werner Foerster during a traffic stop. She escaped from prison in 1979.
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US Keeps Black Panther in Cage
Black Panther Hiding in Portugal
"Jurist to decide fate in 36-year-old case
ELIZABETH — Thirty-six years after a rape and slaying, a DNA sample has helped bring a man to trial and convict him of murder. Carlton Franklin, 52, who was 15 at the time of the crime, was tried as a juvenile and was found deliquent Thursday in the death of Lena Triano of Westfield. Judge Robert Kirsch must now decide how to punish him. In the intervening years, he spent 17 years in prison for another crime, but also had a steady job and no record in the 14 years since he was released. (New York Times)
"TEEN DEAD IN N.J. -- The body of one of two teenagers thought to have fallen through the ice on Budd Lake in Mount Olive, N.J., was recovered Tuesday. Reports of screams for help had been received by police at about 6:20 Monday evening. The search for the other teen will resume Wednesday (Boston Globe January 9 2013)."
6th defendant in N.J. killings sentenced
The last of six defendants convicted in a notorious schoolyard triple murder was sentenced Wednesday to 195 years in prison, closing one chapter on a crime whose savagery made national headlines and spurred numerous anticrime measures in New Jersey’s largest city.
"Bail set at $1m for in-store stabbing
FREEHOLD — Bail was set at $1 million for a New Jersey man accused of stabbing a stranger about a dozen times as she pushed her 5-month-old baby in a stroller at a Bed Bath & Beyond store. Prosecutors said Tyrik Haynes, 19, of Middletown is also accused of setting fire last month to a cat. The stabbing victim remained hospitalized Saturday in critical but stable condition. Her child was not injured."
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Old Booker piece reprinted
Mayor Booker a homophobe
And he wants to replace Lautenberg.
