NJ Criminal Podcast

Meg continues her conversation with her former colleague, and one time intern - attorney, Jim Leonard. These old friends continue their discussion of the fifteen year anniversary of the eastbound strangler quadruple homicide in Atlantic City. The Atlantic City Prosecutors office say's it "isn't a cold case".  On November 20, 2006, four female victims were discovered in the drainage ditch behind the former Golden Key Motel in West Atlantic City.  It was only last week that acting Atlantic City Prosecutor, Cary Shill, emphasized that, even fifteen years later, the Eastbound Strangler murders of Kim Raffo, Molly Dilts, Barbara Breidor, and Tracy Roberts, demand justice. Meg welcomes NJ attorney, Jim Leonard to share his personal experience with the case, the evidence, and an unidentified person who refers to himself as "River".

The Atlantic City Prosecutors office say's it "isn't a cold case".  On November 20, 2006, four female victims were discovered in the drainage ditch behind the former Golden Key Motel in West Atlantic City.  It was only last week that acting Atlantic City Prosecutor, Cary Shill, emphasized that, even fifteen years later, the Eastbound Strangler murders of Kim Raffo, Molly Dilts, Barbara Breidor, and Tracy Roberts, demand justice. Meg welcomes NJ attorney, Jim Leonard to share his personal experience with the case, the evidence, and an unidentified person who refers to himself as "River".  This is a compelling conversation between two former prosecutors

The Atlantic City Prosecutors office say's it "isn't a cold case".  On November 20, 2006, four female victims were discovered in the drainage ditch behind the former Golden Key Motel in West Atlantic City.  It was only last week that acting Atlantic City Prosecutor, Cary Shill, emphasized that, even fifteen years later, the Eastbound Strangler murders of Kim Raffo, Molly Dilts, Barbara Breidor, and Tracy Roberts, demand justice. Meg welcomes NJ attorney, Jim Leonard to share his personal experience with the case, the evidence, and an unidentified person who refers to himself as "River".  This is a compelling conversation between two former prosecutors 

Welcome to the final episode in our series with Jerry A. Lewis. He holds a Masters Degree in Education from Seton Hall University and as an adjunct professor at Sussex County Community College he developed a course on Criminal Investigation.  He has been an adjunct professor at Northwestern University where he presented his four-day Tactical Interviewing Program.  During the past thirty-eight years he has trained more than 30,000 law enforcement officials in the art of interrogation.

Meg continues her chat with Jerry A. Lewis. He is a certified police instructor and has lectured on Interviewing for numerous police academies, the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, the Drug Enforcement Administration, MAGLOCLEN, the New Jersey Polygraphists, Fish and Game, United States Probation and Parole, New Jersey Dept. of Corrections, the Chicago Police Department, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, and the Canadian Association of Police Polygraphists.  He has been a guest lecturer at numerous specialty schools such as the Delaware State Police Homicide School, the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons School, and the International Homicide Investigators Association.

In part four of the series, Meg continues the conversation with Jerry Lewis, an expert in Statement Analysis.  He has been teaching Statement Analysis since 1984 and regularly consults with other law enforcement agencies on serious and complex investigations.  He has conducted interviews for every type of crime and has elicited more than 50 murder confessions.  Due to his success in obtaining confessions, in 1988 he developed an Interview and Interrogation Course, which is still being offered by the New Jersey State Police

In part 3 of the series, Meg sits with Jerry Lewis, an expert in Statement Analysis.  Jerry was one of the first detectives in the United States to be trained in this technique, having analyzed thousands of statements since that time.  He identified the killer of Megan Kanka (Megan’s Law) from a statement read to him over the phone after the man had been cleared as a suspect.  He has been teaching Statement Analysis since 1984 and regularly consults with other law enforcement agencies on serious and complex investigations.  He has conducted interviews for every type of crime and has elicited more than 50 murder confessions.

The second in our conversation with Jerry Lewis.  Jerry is an expert with decades of polygraph experience. He teaches tactical interviewing. Jerry identified the killer of Megan Kanka (Megan’s Law) from a statement read to him over the phone after the man had been cleared as a suspect.

Jerry Lewis, M.A., retired as a Lieutenant from the New Jersey State Police after twenty-five years of service.  He was the supervisor of the Violent Crime Analysis and Polygraph Unit.  He has been a polygraph examiner for thirty-eight years and has conducted more than 3000 criminal-specific examinations. He has been recognized as an expert in Statement Analysis. This is part one in a six-part series.

In part 2 meg continues her conversation with Fred Amicucci, the VP of Sales & Marketing for Data Screening. He is a member of the Professional Background Screening Association, American Staffing Association, as well as serving on the board of directors for the New Jersey Staffing Alliance.