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SUSPICIOUS DEATH, INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLESEX CO. CORRUPTION

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LAST UPDATED:  August 27,  2010

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INTRODUCTION

August 27, 2010: The probable cause hearing scheduled for August 17, 2010, was cancled by Judge George M. Boyd on August 16, 2010, because of jurisdictional concerns.  The 61 criminal complaints were transferred to the Administrative Office of the Courts for assignment.  Court Administrators are refusing to confirm they have all 61 criminal complaints in hand.

July 28, 2010:  A probable cause hearing is scheduled for August 28, 2010, at 9:30 a.m., in the Monroe Twp. Municipal Court, Judge George M. Boyd presiding.

July 15, 2010 Update:  On July 14, 2010, we learned that the Sayreville Municipal Court transferred the signed criminal complaints up the chain to Judge Herman, Viciniage VIII, who subsequently transferred the criminal complaints down the chain to Judge George Boyd in Monroe Twp., still in Middlesex County.

July 2, 2010 Update:  Following a decision by Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner that charges should have been filed in a trial court, Citizen Criminal Complaints were filed against 15 persons, including all of those in this blog site, on June 2, 2010, in the Sayreville Municipal Court.

The purpose of this website is to raise a consciousness in New Jersey and obtain justice for our sister.  Joyce B. (Strouse) Sauter.  Joyce died a suspicious death on October 29, 2005.  Though she had terminal cancer, the date of her death could not be predicted with any accuracy.  Some members of her family decided that the plan for Joyce was to die, while other family members fought unsuccessfully for Joyce to live the life she wanted, until death came for her in it’s own time.  What transpired leading up to and after Joyce’s suspicious death transcends the tragedy of her death.

Following her untimely and suspicious death, the Sayreville, NJ Police Department and Middlesex County law enforcement public servants knowingly and purposely refused to investigate her suspicious death because, we believe, the person we allege singularly contributed to her untimely death was a former police officer and colleague, if not personal friend, of those same public servants.  Our attempts to obtain justice through county law enforcement were to no avail; thus our efforts were elevated above the county. 

After struggling with Middlesex County public servants for over 30 months, including a court fight for specimens taken from Joyce during her post mortem External Examination, we decided the direct evidence we had was ripe enough for intervention and investigation by the NJ Attorney General’s Office.  We quickly learned that the cover-up extended from Middlesex County to a Deputy Attorney General and we concluded that obtaining justice in that office was futile.  In hopes of creating some kind of leverage, we advised the local Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of our allegations and asked them to monitor the case.  The agent we spoke to on the telephone informed us that not only would the FBI probably not act, but they would not even acknowledge receipt of our allegations in writing.  The agent insisted that the FBI does not investigate county or state corruption by public servants.  So where did we turn?

Working through the NJ government, such as it was, we filed additional allegations with Gov Corzine’s office in early September 2008, apprising him of our unsuccessful attempts to have a law enforcement organization investigate the suspicious death of Joyce.  Though United States Postal Service records indicate the Governor’s office received our extensive allegations (362 pages) no acknowledgement was ever returned to us from Gov Corzine’s office. 

We also sent a copy of the 362-page allegation, filled with direct evidence, to the U.S. Attorney’s office (Mr. Chris Christie, who is now running for Governor), with the same result.  Despite repeated follow-ups with both Gov. Corzine’s office and the US Attorney’s office, no acknowledgment was ever received.  No response does not necessarily mean they are not investigating; however, it is not encouraging.  What do you do when law enforcement turns their back on you and refuses to restore the order of law?

To our knowledge, the only recourses we had left was to generate some kind of awareness across the state, in whatever venue was available to us.  We advised both the Governor’s office and the U.S. Attorney’s office in late November 2008, that if we did not hear from them by December 31, 2008, some four months after initial contact, we would conclude they planned to do nothing regarding an investigation into the suspicious death of our sister.  Likewise, we advised them of the same conclusion regarding their decision not to investigate the corruption by public servants in Middlesex County. 

As a result, on or about January 5, 2009, we sent letters to a number of attorneys, judges, prosecutors, and medical examiners throughout NJ’s 21 counties.  We put together this website, beginning with the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s office.  This chapter will be followed by separate chapters addressing the actions of other public servants involved in this case since October 29, 2005.

We would like to emphasize that the direct and relevant evidence we have to support all of our allegations was generated by Middlesex County and state public servants.  Wherein any public official, especially in the NJ Attorney General’s Office states the allegations have no merit, the direct and relevant evidence we have clearly and directly contradicts such conclusions.  Public servants have been unwilling to sit down with us to discuss their findings and instead, have cloaked the justification for their conclusions behind the curtain of privileged investigative information.  This site will put the direct evidence we have out for all to see and judge independently.  The fig leaves are coming off.  The naked truth will be shown.

My sister, Carolyn Ausley, and I, Bill Strouse, understand that this website falls into a long line of other websites and blogs from people who are aggrieved and who believe they are the victims of corruption and injustice in New Jersey.  It is a sad commentary to note that though NJ was not “voted” the most corrupt state in the Union in 2008, it is still not far from being number one.

This is a true story about corrupt public servants in New Jersey: Middlesex County, The Sayreville Police Department, the Attorney General’s Office, the Office of the Governor, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark.  The direct and relevant evidence speaks for itself. 

Direct evidence is direct proof of a fact, such as eyewitness testimony or documents presented in lieu of testimony; we have documents to verify our stated facts.  Relevant evidence “means evidence having a tendency in reason to prove or disprove any fact of consequence to the determination of the action.  Circumstantial evidence is based upon deductions or logical conclusions reached from direct evidence. 

There have been no retractions of testimony or evidentiary submissions on the part of any of the public servants and irreparable harm was caused to members of the family presenting this information, Carolyn Ausley and Bill Strouse, sister and brother of the deceased, Joyce B. (Strouse) Sauter, who died under suspicious circumstances on October 29, 2005.

 NOTE OF JUNE 9, 2009

Of note are 2 motions we submitted several weeks ago to the NJ Superior Court.  One motion was to TOLL the STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS on the criminal allegations we made against the public servants involved in the blue-wall coverup until such time as the investigation of Joyce’s suspicious death is completed (filed Pro Se 03/20/09).  You will read about the allegations in the following chapters.  The second motion submitted was for the purpose of correcting Joyce’s official certificate of death, which as you will read, was falsified by the Medical Examiner’s Office (filed Pro Se 04-03-09). 

Previous motions were returned “denied” without explanation within 30 days.  It has now been more then two months since the first filing and we are pending a decision from the court.  We are not sure what this means, other than maybe the court decided it is time to conduct the suspicious death investigation and begin an investigation into the criminal allegations made herein.  Afterall, how long can the Superior Court of NJ ignore criminal allegations against public servants for not investigating a suspicious death, and maintain its integrity and morality?

If an investigation is ongoing, neither Carolyn nor I have yet to be contacted.

NOTE OF AUGUST 3, 2009

No investigation to our knowledge.  Most recent motions denied without explanation; clarification and reconsideration motions submitted and pending court response–denial expected.  We have one more motion to file and then hope to be able to get the case before the NJ Supreme Court.  We are on a time deadline with write-up and then filing, so have fallen behind.  We will publish the complaint on the NJ Attorney General’s Office, Ms. Denise Hollingsworth in particular, with 45 days, we hope.  Please check  back then, if not sooner.

NOTE OF OCTOBER 13, 2009

No investigation was conducted.  All motions in the Superior Court were denied without explanation.  Three (3) motions are now filed with the NJ Supreme Court, pending review for denial or argument.  More to come.

NOTE OF DECEMBER 1, 2009

Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, in his ORDER dated November 2, 2009, granted and denied several of our motions.  He also stated that we should have filed in a “trial court” to achieve the relief we sought, in the first instance.

In speaking with a Criminal Division Manager in the Superior Court, we were told to get our case in a “trial court” we had to complete complaint forms available from the Sayreville Police Department to file “complaints” against the public servants alleged to have broken the law. 

On November 30, 2009, contrary to what the Superior Court Criminal Division Manager told us, the Secretary to the Chief of the Sayreville Police Department refused our request for complaint forms to file complaints against the public servants identified in these chapters, stating the forms must be obtained from the Superior Court and filed with the Superior Court. 

JANUARY 2, 2010:  We are now completing the Citizen Complaint forms to be initially filed in the Sayreville Municipal Court, for disposition.  There will be close to 64 criminal complaints filed against publilc servants and others involved in the case.  We will seek a change in venue for complaint review.

NAVIGATION NOTES

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We thank you for your time, patience, and comments as we build and improve upon this site in a heart-felt effort to raise the consciousness in New Jersey and obtain justice for our sister. Please feel free to pass this website along to all you know. Thank you again for taking the time to read this and we hope to see your comments.

 

CONTENTS

Introduction  (Updated 04/06/2009)

Chapter 1 - Middlesex Co. Medical Examiner (Updated 02/18/2009)

Chapter 2 - Sayreville Police Department (Posted 02/18/2009)

Chapter 3 - Middlesex Co. Counsel (Posted 03/22/2009)

Chapter 4 - Middlesex CountyProsecutor (Posted 07/19/2009)

Chapter 5 - Attorney General Under Construction