Post by Michael on Mar 1, 2009 11:39:56 GMT -5
I am not sure this is mentioned in any of the books, and since I don't have them with me, there's no way I can verify this - but I don't think so.
On the 1st anniversary of the crime, the NJSP did something I don't think many people are aware of.....
They basically put up a Law Enforcement "net" in and around both Highfields, the "grave site", and local roads surrounding the area. Officially, this was done to "guard the residence and patrol the surrounding territory."
What I find most interesting is that (now Detective) Bornmann is assigned to the Nursery. Here he is posted from 8PM until 5:30AM without any lights and his only job is to peer out of the window looking for "prowlers." He does mention that a "patrol of the ground was also made on two different occasions." At the end of his shift "nothing was seen or heard to exicte my suspicions."
Bornmann was just the beginning of this "net." Sgt. Haussling, Detective DeGaetano, Trooper Wagner, Trooper Yencer, Trooper Wolf, Trooper Forkin, and Trooper Genz were also ordered by Captain Lamb to this detail.
I am personally a little confused as to the start time (8PM) having left the Training School at 7:30PM. Perhaps there is something to this, or perhaps there isn't. It just seems if they accept Lupica's eyewitness account I would then think they might have wanted to be there earlier. Another interesting point is to see the Troopers "doubled up" on the Roads.
Specifically, in addition to Bornmann in the Nursery:
Could this have simply been a search for "prowlers" (or potential site-seers) or a real effort to somehow catch someone involved? In reality, it appears as though they are thinking that maybe the criminals, or one of them, would return to the scene of the crime. In my opinion, that's good police work here if that was their line of thought. It also appears to me that is exactly what's going on.... In my opinion, there's just too many resources being utilized for this detail to be meant as an attempt to catch people snooping around.
Unfortunately, for all their efforts, they pulled over an Associated Press Reporter doing nothing wrong, and noticed a Milk Truck making deliveries.
On the 1st anniversary of the crime, the NJSP did something I don't think many people are aware of.....
They basically put up a Law Enforcement "net" in and around both Highfields, the "grave site", and local roads surrounding the area. Officially, this was done to "guard the residence and patrol the surrounding territory."
What I find most interesting is that (now Detective) Bornmann is assigned to the Nursery. Here he is posted from 8PM until 5:30AM without any lights and his only job is to peer out of the window looking for "prowlers." He does mention that a "patrol of the ground was also made on two different occasions." At the end of his shift "nothing was seen or heard to exicte my suspicions."
Bornmann was just the beginning of this "net." Sgt. Haussling, Detective DeGaetano, Trooper Wagner, Trooper Yencer, Trooper Wolf, Trooper Forkin, and Trooper Genz were also ordered by Captain Lamb to this detail.
I am personally a little confused as to the start time (8PM) having left the Training School at 7:30PM. Perhaps there is something to this, or perhaps there isn't. It just seems if they accept Lupica's eyewitness account I would then think they might have wanted to be there earlier. Another interesting point is to see the Troopers "doubled up" on the Roads.
Specifically, in addition to Bornmann in the Nursery:
- Troopers DeGaetano and Yenser patrolled the "main highway" between Hopewell, Blawnburg, Princeton Road, and Mt. Rose.
- Troopers Wolf and Wagner patrolled the Stoutsburg entrance Road, the Hopewell entrance Road to the Main Gate of the Lindbergh Home.
- Troopers Genz and Forkin to patrolled the Wertsville Road from Wertsville to Hopewell.
Could this have simply been a search for "prowlers" (or potential site-seers) or a real effort to somehow catch someone involved? In reality, it appears as though they are thinking that maybe the criminals, or one of them, would return to the scene of the crime. In my opinion, that's good police work here if that was their line of thought. It also appears to me that is exactly what's going on.... In my opinion, there's just too many resources being utilized for this detail to be meant as an attempt to catch people snooping around.
Unfortunately, for all their efforts, they pulled over an Associated Press Reporter doing nothing wrong, and noticed a Milk Truck making deliveries.