Police News Roundup.
The Times reports that detectives in Monmouth County have solved the oldest open homicide case in New Jersey. An arrest warrant has been issued for the currently currently incarcerated Jerry L. Bellamy for the rape and murder of a 13 year-old girl in 1968. That is not a typo. 1968. Belamy is now 53 years old. He was caught by a DNA match.

The Post has a touching story about Isabelle Redman, a former police officer who was very seriously injured in an on-duty car accident in 1993. Ms. Redman is now an Assistant District Attorney and just received the Department's "Purple Shield" medal at the recent Medal Day ceremony.

In the story that just won't go away, William Hodges was just acquitted by a jury on felony charges that he bit a Police Officer in the leg during a struggle. He was convicted of misdemeanor charges. Hodges you may recall was accused of shooting a police officer in 2002 but was released by Supreme Court Justice/Jackass Laura Blackburne.

The Post also reports that a rally is being held for the Justice/Jackass today in front of Queens Supreme Court. The Post reports courthouse sources say the Blackburne had organized the rally herself.

Kudos to Queens narcotics detectives who made a huge drug seizure from a Queens warehouse. Officials seized more that half a ton of cocaine along with $190,000 and two firearms.

In the loser criminal of the day department, two armored car drivers turned would-be thieves hid bags containing $1 million in the reeds of a pond in Staten Island. Unfortunately for them, a ninth-grader fishing in the pond happened upon the sunken treasure.

The unfortunate members of the FDNY, Lt. Robert Doherty and Capt. Terence Walsh, who were caught drinking on-duty and singing in a karaoke bar in the lower east side back in February have been docked 90 days pay. It is unclear whether that is a suspension or merely a loss of leave time. Another unfortunate member of FDNY, Firefighter Gerard Ferrin was arrested for DWI in Far Rockaway.

Newsday reports that Mohammed Junaid Babar, a Queens native has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges relating to a bomb plot in London.

And finally, in the "who let the dogs out?" department, Bavarian dogwear designer Hildegard Bergbauer is marketing traditional Alpine for doggies. Items include, dirndls, lederhosen and even Tyrolean hats for your pooch. Bergbauer noted that "the leather outfits were best suited for dachshunds and other small dogs but also looked good on poodles, spaniels and boxers." A French poodle with lederhosen? Wars have been started over less!
- posted by Base10 @ 10:34 PM