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Three NJ Businessmen Held In Killings
1010 WINS ^ | Nov 8, 2005 6:36 am US/Eastern

Posted on 11/08/2005 8:17:24 AM PST by Calpernia

PATERSON, N.J. Three businessmen from Bergen County are facing murder charges in what authorities say was a case of violent street justice.

Prosecutors say the three allegedly caught two men trying to steal items from trucks belonging to their businesses in the Bronx on the night of May 30th.

The would-be thieves were shot and their bodies set afire.

One was dumped on a street in the Bronx, the other in an industrial area of Clifton.

Arrested Friday and charged with murder are 33-year-old Dashnor ``Jack'' Lita and his brother, 29-year-old Gezium ``Jimmy'' Lita, both of Park Ridge, and 30-year-old Arben ``Benny'' Jata of Palisades Park.

They are being held on one (m) million dollars bail each.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: ajdairy; baddabingbaddaboom; bronx; clifton; newjersey; nj; ny; paterson
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3 suspects are linked to burned corpses

Three (A&J Dairy) dairy distributors from Bergen County stand charged with murder after authorities say the men caught a pair of thieves during a break-in and exacted a brutal measure of street justice.

Clifton detectives arrested the three businessmen - two brothers from Park Ridge and another man from Palisades Park - following an investigation sparked by the discovery in May of two charred bodies: one lying face-down in an industrial section of Clifton, the other on a street in the Bronx.

Detectives found that the victims had been fencing goods stolen from warehouses and lots in the Hunts Point Market in the Bronx. On the night of May 30, the targeted goods were boxes of Dannon yogurt and Polly-O string cheese, locked inside box trucks the men had apparently hit before, investigators said.

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1 posted on 11/08/2005 8:17:25 AM PST by Calpernia
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To: Calpernia

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Authorities described Jata and Gezium Lita as Albanian nationals whose visas had expired. Dashnor Lita, an Albanian native and U.S. citizen, lives with his wife and children in Park Ridge.

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3 posted on 11/08/2005 8:21:39 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

Milkmen of the Apocalypse

OR

The Milkmen Cometh

4 posted on 11/08/2005 8:23:02 AM PST by LongElegantLegs (Yarn-ho.)
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To: Calpernia

Albanians.


5 posted on 11/08/2005 8:23:09 AM PST by Tax-chick (I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
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To: LongElegantLegs

That was funny!


6 posted on 11/08/2005 8:30:18 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

I'm going to milk it for all it's worth.


7 posted on 11/08/2005 8:33:46 AM PST by LongElegantLegs (Yarn-ho.)
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To: Calpernia

If only they had sent the bodies to the meat packing plant, they'd be in the clear. And with the Hudson so close by,.....


8 posted on 11/08/2005 8:34:00 AM PST by garyhope
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9 posted on 11/08/2005 8:34:28 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
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To: Calpernia

Had it happened in Texas the shooters would have been given a pat on the back by the cops. Clean up in the dairy section.


10 posted on 11/08/2005 8:35:29 AM PST by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: Tijeras_Slim

That's whey over the top.


11 posted on 11/08/2005 8:37:53 AM PST by LongElegantLegs (Yarn-ho.)
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To: Tax-chick

At least they weren't Curds.


12 posted on 11/08/2005 8:38:43 AM PST by LongElegantLegs (Yarn-ho.)
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To: LongElegantLegs
That was 'utterly' ridiculous!
13 posted on 11/08/2005 8:39:07 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: fabric of the cosmos
In most, if not all states, you have to have been in fear for your life in order to rightfully kill someone and the crooks were just stealing.

When the businessmen set the bodies on fire, they hanged themselves, having committed a wanton act of cruelty.
14 posted on 11/08/2005 8:39:49 AM PST by Lady Jag (Semper Paratus! (always prepared))
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To: Calpernia

Turn them over to the police and they are back out on the street stealing to pay their lawyers, bonds, and fines, which the state keeps. The crime here is they will be prosecuted with more vigor than the original criminals because they are a threat to the system. They may have been Albanians, but could have been anyone. The system has been corrupted by lawyers and judges and liberals excusing everything. These business guys were wrong to some degree, but the frustration of being robbed again and again with no resolution in sight can be overwhelming. Maybe they can plead insanity and be given a lifetime supply of prozac and a supplementary income adjustment.


15 posted on 11/08/2005 8:40:08 AM PST by right right
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To: Calpernia

I'm not afraid to take the bull by the horns...


16 posted on 11/08/2005 8:43:46 AM PST by LongElegantLegs (Yarn-ho.)
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To: right right

>>>>Turn them over to the police and they are back out on the street stealing to pay their lawyers, bonds, and fines, which the state keeps. The crime here is they will be prosecuted with more vigor than the original criminals because they are a threat to the system.

From the article in Post 1:

"Authorities said the two victims had a history of break-ins. They apparently had stolen items from the suspects' 20-foot box trucks at least once before, slipping into the lot through a secured gate and removing the vehicles' locks, authorities said."


17 posted on 11/08/2005 8:43:50 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: LongElegantLegs

I herd that.


18 posted on 11/08/2005 8:46:13 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia
Dammit! I give up; I'm outta puns. ;-P
19 posted on 11/08/2005 8:50:08 AM PST by LongElegantLegs (Yarn-ho.)
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To: LongElegantLegs

LOL!


20 posted on 11/08/2005 8:50:21 AM PST by Tax-chick (I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
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