PRESS RELEASE
August 3, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
George R. Mander (DOB 10/16/57) of 10 Morris Terrace, Glassboro NJ faces 11 ½ years in New Jersey state prison after pleading guilty to possession and distribution of computer images showing children engaged in sex acts.
Mander, a supervisor for a pharmaceutical products distributor, who was arrested on the charges 4/7/09, entered guilty pleas to pre-indictment accusations on the offenses on Monday (8/1). Both are forms of the crime of child endangerment. The pleas and penalties were negotiated by Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph Brook. Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson schedule sentencing for Dec. 2.
Under the plea agreement, Mander would be sentenced to the maximum penalty of 10 years in New Jersey state prison for second-degree child pornography distribution and 18 months for third-degree possession of the images. The sentences would be served consecutively.
The charges resulted from an investigation by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s High-Tech Crimes unit, in which a laptop and other digital media belonging to Mander were examined. The analysis found thousands of images of prepubescent children engaged in sex acts.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
10 Yrs NJSP in 2 NJ Bank Robberies, Attempted Disarming
PRESS RELEASE
August 1, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Thomas A. Struss (DOB 9/4/75), a former West Deptford NJ resident, was sentenced today (8/1) to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for each of two bank robberies he admitted committing in July 2010.
Struss received the same sentence for his guilty plea to an attempted disarming of a Gloucester County sheriff’s officer at Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury NJ while being treated for an injury 8/10/11.
Under terms of a plea agreement with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, Struss, who is currently serving a prison sentence for narcotics possession, will serve the 10-year sentences concurrently with each other. He will not be eligible for parole before completing 85 percent of the sentence.
Struss, who Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. noted had 18 juvenile adjudications for crimes and an adult record that included convictions for burglary, drug possession, aggravated assault and a prior bank robbery, admitted robbing the TD Bank on Rt. 45 in West Deptford on 7/25/11 and The Bank on Bridgeton Pike on 7/26/11. A total of nearly $3,000 was taken. He was arrested at his St. Regis Court residence 7/28/10 after a Mantua police officer identified Struss through distinctive neck tattoos that appeared on images a bank security camera captured.
August 1, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Thomas A. Struss (DOB 9/4/75), a former West Deptford NJ resident, was sentenced today (8/1) to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for each of two bank robberies he admitted committing in July 2010.
Struss received the same sentence for his guilty plea to an attempted disarming of a Gloucester County sheriff’s officer at Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury NJ while being treated for an injury 8/10/11.
Under terms of a plea agreement with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, Struss, who is currently serving a prison sentence for narcotics possession, will serve the 10-year sentences concurrently with each other. He will not be eligible for parole before completing 85 percent of the sentence.
Struss, who Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. noted had 18 juvenile adjudications for crimes and an adult record that included convictions for burglary, drug possession, aggravated assault and a prior bank robbery, admitted robbing the TD Bank on Rt. 45 in West Deptford on 7/25/11 and The Bank on Bridgeton Pike on 7/26/11. A total of nearly $3,000 was taken. He was arrested at his St. Regis Court residence 7/28/10 after a Mantua police officer identified Struss through distinctive neck tattoos that appeared on images a bank security camera captured.
Glassboro Man Guilty of Gun Possession by Felon
PRESS RELEASE
July 29, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
David L. Carr (DOB 7/25/56), of Glassboro, was convicted by a Gloucester County jury today of possession of a rifle by a felon, a second-degree crime that will imprison him for at least five years and as many as ten years.
The rifle was found during execution of a search warrant at Carr’s 53 South Academy St. residence in Glassboro on March 20, 2009. In addition to Carr, two women were arrested and less than a half-ounce of crack cocaine in plastic bags was retrieved from a toilet in a bathroom where the women were found. The rifle for which Carr was convicted was found in a closet in Carr’s bedroom. Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph More stressed the location of the weapon when the defense raised questions about its ownership.
The jury in Carr’s three-day trial acquitted him on charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of CDS with intent to distribute and distribution of CDS within 500 feet of public housing.
The weapons offense on which Carr was convicted was based on prior offenses which prohibited him from owning a firearm. The most recent crime was his 1995 conviction for fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.
Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr, continued Carr’s bail, in light of the defendant’s medical condition, and scheduled sentencing for Sept. 9.
July 29, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
David L. Carr (DOB 7/25/56), of Glassboro, was convicted by a Gloucester County jury today of possession of a rifle by a felon, a second-degree crime that will imprison him for at least five years and as many as ten years.
The rifle was found during execution of a search warrant at Carr’s 53 South Academy St. residence in Glassboro on March 20, 2009. In addition to Carr, two women were arrested and less than a half-ounce of crack cocaine in plastic bags was retrieved from a toilet in a bathroom where the women were found. The rifle for which Carr was convicted was found in a closet in Carr’s bedroom. Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph More stressed the location of the weapon when the defense raised questions about its ownership.
The jury in Carr’s three-day trial acquitted him on charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of CDS with intent to distribute and distribution of CDS within 500 feet of public housing.
The weapons offense on which Carr was convicted was based on prior offenses which prohibited him from owning a firearm. The most recent crime was his 1995 conviction for fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.
Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr, continued Carr’s bail, in light of the defendant’s medical condition, and scheduled sentencing for Sept. 9.
Prosecutors' School Safety Conference Theme: Cyber-bullying
PRESS RELEASE
July 27, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
This year’s Southern New Jersey Prosecutors School Safety and Security Conference will focus on the sometimes deadly consequences of bullying, particularly when it spreads on-line, which was the keynote speaker’s tragedy.
Previously limited to educators and law enforcement officials from seven South Jersey counties, the fifth annual conference on Aug. 17 will be open to the general public. Admission is free. Pre-register at cyberbullying@co.gloucester.nj.us.
“The goal of this conference is to safeguard our children by raising awareness regarding on-line activities that can change lives and sometimes have deadly consequences,” said Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton. “A collaborative approach involving law enforcement, educators, community leaders, parents and, most importantly, students, is needed to accomplish this.”
Conference speakers will include New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow and John P. Halligan, who speaks across the country about the 2003 suicide of his 13-year-old son Ryan a silent victim of taunts and insults in school and on-line when the Halligan family lived in Vermont. The tragedy led to a Vermont bullying prevention law in 2004. New Jersey’s anti-bullying law, considered the nation’s toughest when enacted in January, requires schools to publicly report incidents and permits expulsion of offenders. It takes effect in the coming school year.
In addition, Sgt. Steve LaPorta of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office will speak about the unforeseen consequences of “sexting,” a popular activity in which a teenager’s nude or semi-nude images are transmitted electronically. Sgt. LaPorta for the past seven years has investigated a variety of online crimes that target young people.
The Aug. 17 conference, to run from 8:30 a.m. to noon, will be held in the TD Bank Performing Arts Center at Washington Township High School, Hurffville-Cross Keys Rd, Sewell. A continental breakfast will be served and registration held from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Sponsors are the prosecutor’s offices of Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Salem and Cape May counties.
July 27, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
This year’s Southern New Jersey Prosecutors School Safety and Security Conference will focus on the sometimes deadly consequences of bullying, particularly when it spreads on-line, which was the keynote speaker’s tragedy.
Previously limited to educators and law enforcement officials from seven South Jersey counties, the fifth annual conference on Aug. 17 will be open to the general public. Admission is free. Pre-register at cyberbullying@co.gloucester.nj.us.
“The goal of this conference is to safeguard our children by raising awareness regarding on-line activities that can change lives and sometimes have deadly consequences,” said Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton. “A collaborative approach involving law enforcement, educators, community leaders, parents and, most importantly, students, is needed to accomplish this.”
Conference speakers will include New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow and John P. Halligan, who speaks across the country about the 2003 suicide of his 13-year-old son Ryan a silent victim of taunts and insults in school and on-line when the Halligan family lived in Vermont. The tragedy led to a Vermont bullying prevention law in 2004. New Jersey’s anti-bullying law, considered the nation’s toughest when enacted in January, requires schools to publicly report incidents and permits expulsion of offenders. It takes effect in the coming school year.
In addition, Sgt. Steve LaPorta of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office will speak about the unforeseen consequences of “sexting,” a popular activity in which a teenager’s nude or semi-nude images are transmitted electronically. Sgt. LaPorta for the past seven years has investigated a variety of online crimes that target young people.
The Aug. 17 conference, to run from 8:30 a.m. to noon, will be held in the TD Bank Performing Arts Center at Washington Township High School, Hurffville-Cross Keys Rd, Sewell. A continental breakfast will be served and registration held from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Sponsors are the prosecutor’s offices of Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Salem and Cape May counties.
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