5 former NJ inmates charged with stealing $100K in unemployment benefits while in jail (via NJ.com)
Five former state inmates have been charged with stealing approximately $100,000 in unemployment insurance benefits while they were in county jails and ineligible to receive them, the state Attorney General’s office said today. The inmates, along…
By Ernesto Cullari
What are the odds that after spending 15 years in prison for robbing a shoe store in Toms River, parolee Christopher Miller, by coincidence, would end up back in that same store hours after being released -attempting to rob it again?
The answer is 43%. Except for the fact that he walked into the same place looking to rob it all over again, it should be no surprise at all that Mr. Miller was sent back to prison just hours after being released. Writer Gary Buiso details in the New York Post, Christopher Miller’s journey from juvenile delinquent to serial criminal, an interview that Buiso describes as ranging “from humorous to hopeless.”
Ever since I read about Miller’s pathetic trip from a troubled childhood to jail, from jail to freedom and from freedom back to jail again -I can’t stop thinking about it. Christopher Miller and I are the same age. He and I went to the same high school at nearly the same time. Miller graduated two years after I would have if I didn’t drop out. He didn’t meet his father until he was an adult. I didn’t meet mine until I was 16.
While Christopher Miller was breaking into lockers at our high school, I was working part time as a janitor in the school cafeteria. It’s likely that our paths have crossed many times. Growing up our lives had been headed in the same direction, as well. By the time he was shoplifting and breaking into neighbor’s homes, I too was making my way into bigger crimes. But suddenly and abruptly this is where our paths diverge.
When I was arrested as a teenager by the same police department that just rearrested Miller, the detectives were very kind to me, despite my brazenness. They were kind to me and didn’t press the prosecution as hard as they might have, because unlike Miller, I had a big family at home that passionately advocated for me.
Posted: May 19th, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Ernesto Cullari | Tags: Christopher Miller, Ernesto Cullari, Family, Penal System, prison, Prison Reform | 2 Comments »
NJ driver arrested after ripping through Neptune streets, making obscene hand gestures, report says (via NJ.com)
NEPTUNE — A driver was arrested after speeding around a Neptune Township neighborhood for more than an hour on Sunday. As he circled the street, he made obscene hand gestures at startled witnesses, played abrasive music and operated his late model…
What drove a man to hit the same Toms River store he robbed 15 years ago 1 day after leaving jail (via NJ.com)
A day after spending 15 years behind bars for robbing a Toms River shoe store, Christopher M. Miller was arrested in March after he robbed the same exact business. In an exclusive interview with the New York Post, Miller, 40, explains what led him back…
Man caught with loaded handgun after chase in Asbury Park, police say (via NJ.com)
ASBURY PARK – A Long Branch man was charged with possession of a weapon after he led police on a foot chase and tried to get rid of a handgun, authorities said. At around 3 p.m. on Saturday, the city’s Street Crimes Unit was on a proactive patrol…
Manalapan man found stuck in United Water pipe indicted for criminal trespass (via NJ.com)
FREEHOLD – The 27-year-old Manalapan man who was found stuck in a 20-inch pipe at a United Water facility in January has been indicted for criminal trespass. On Tuesday, a Monmouth County Grand Jury indicted Asaf Mohammad, 27, of Emily Road in Manalapan…
Report: N.J. school bus driver assists with arrest of child’s accused stalker (via NJ.com)
ENGLISHTOWN – An 18-year-old Manalapan resident was reportedly charged with stalking and harassing a young girl while she was on her way home from her school bus stop. On April 1, a scared and upset 13-year-old girl called 9-1-1 to report that a man…
Suspect in 1978 slaying of Newark teens sues Booker, police for malicious prosecution (via NJ.com)
NEWARK — The man accused of masterminding one of Newark’s most haunting murder cases has filed suit against the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, Newark Police Department and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, claiming he was the victim of a political conspiracy…
Raid of Howell marijuana ‘processing station’ leads to one arrest (via NJ.com)
HOWELL –Police arrested a 31-year-old township man as they raided a marijuana “processing” center on Friday morning. Liberato Empirio, 31, of Howell Township, was arrested and charged with drug-related offenses after police executed a search warrant…
Jury to decide if man intentionally killed his 2-year-old daughter (via NJ.com)
FREEHOLD – A jury will have to decide if the man who killed his 2-year-old daughter did so intentionally or if he acted recklessly. Arthur Morgan III, 29, whose last known address was in Eatontown, decided not to testify at his murder trial and left…
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