N.J. Cop-Killer First Woman Added to FBI Terrorist List

Reward for information leading to capture of Joanne Chesimard, convicted in 1973 killing of state trooper, totals $2 million.

The most wanted woman in New Jersey history is now the first woman on the FBI's fugitive terrorist list. Joanne Chesimard, convicted of a murdering a state trooper in 1973, was added to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list Thursday on the 40-year anniversary of the trooper's death. The FBI Newark Division held a press conference Thursday to announce the addition of Chesimard's name and the collaboration between federal and state law enforcement agencies in upping the reward for information that leads to her arrest to $2 million. Chesimard is the first woman on the Most Wanted Terrorist List. Chesimard, who is now known as Assata Shakur, has been living under political asylum in Cuba since she broke out of a Hunterdon County prison during a…

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Man Implicated in Fair Lawn Bank Robbery Jailed in Alabama

A man implicated in a number of bank robberies, including one in Fair Lawn last year, has been arrested in Mobile, Ala.

A man implicated in the robbery of the Chase Bank on Fair Lawn Avenue last July was sentenced Tuesday to 70 months in jail for a subsequent bank robbery he confessed to committing in Alabama, Patch has learned. James Raymond Jacobs, of Morrisville, Pa., was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery and obstruction of justice on Aug. 9, after police said he robbed an RBC Bank in Mobile, Ala. and then led them on a brief chase before crashing his vehicle, according to a report in the Mobile Press-Register. Jacobs plead guilty to the Mobile bank robbery on Nov. 15, and was sentenced Tuesday to serve just under six years in jail. Records indicate that Jacobs had been incarcerated in Mobile County Jail since his arrest back in August while…

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Fair Lawn Bank Robberies Remain Unsolved

If you have any information on either robbery, contact the FBI at (973) 684-6614

The FBI continues to investigate a pair of recent bank robberies in Fair Lawn, but have yet to name a suspect in either case. On July 2, just before 1 p.m., a white male with a stubble beard wearing eyeglasses, a navy blue cap, a navy blue shirt and khaki pants, held up the Chase Bank at 21-01 Fair Lawn Ave., and fled the scene on foot. He did not show a weapon. In late August, an FBI spokesman told Patch that the Bureau had received a "very,very good lead," in the case, however, recent correspondence has confirmed that the robber has yet to be identified. A second robbery on Oct. 1, at the Chase Bank on Saddle River Road, is also under FBI investigation. In that incident, a man entered the bank around 10 a.m. and made off with $3,400 in …

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New Jersey FBI Office on Alert After 'Credible' Terror Threat

Threat against New York City is not confirmed, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says.

FBI Closing In on Fair Lawn Bank Robber

The FBI has a lead on the man who robbed the Chase Bank at 21-01 Fair Lawn Avenue in July

The FBI may be close to identifying the man who robbed the Chase Bank nearly two months ago, Patch has learned. Just before 1 p.m. on July 2, a white male with a stubble beard wearing eyeglasses, a navy blue cap, a navy blue shirt and khaki pants, held up the Chase Bank at 21-01 Fair Lawn Ave. and fled the scene on foot. He did not show a weapon. FBI spokesman Bryan Travers said that while the matter was still under investigation, the man may soon be identified. “We have a very, very good lead that we’re following up on,” Travers said. “It’s a good chance this is probably our guy.” If you have any information pertaining to the robbery, you can contact the FBI at (973) 684-6614. For updates, check Bandit Tracker Northeast.

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