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Newark boarding home resident is accused of strangling roommate over untidy room
nj.com ^ | August 10, 2010 | Alexi Friedman

Posted on 08/10/2010 9:21:34 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

NEWARK — A 23-year-old man who recently moved into a Newark boarding home for adults with mental illness is accused of strangling his roommate today, angry at the victim for keeping an untidy room, authorities said.

Maurice Thompson was arrested and charged with murder in the death of Dwayne Gun, 50, at The Avenues Jassil Care Facility, where Gun had lived for several years, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Thompson showed up a few months ago, and the two men shared a living space in relative peace, an employee said outside the facility’s row of red brick townhouses on the 100 block of 3rd Avenue.

But early this morning, the men began arguing, primarily because Thompson couldn’t stand the way Gun maintained the room, authorities said.

It turned violent, and Thompson strangled Gun in front of another man they shared the room with, the prosecutor’s office said. He was pronounced dead at 2:47 a.m., shortly after EMS arrived at the townhouse near the corner of Summer Avenue.

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1 posted on 08/10/2010 9:21:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

come on! I’m from Jersey, we all know to keep our rooms neat.


2 posted on 08/10/2010 9:27:44 PM PDT by Whitebread
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Glad I didn’t have this guy for my college roommate.


3 posted on 08/10/2010 9:27:55 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I get this way too. It’s really a wonder my second husband got out alive. God, he was a slob....


4 posted on 08/10/2010 9:28:50 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (I can see November from my house.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That “other man” should be charged with something too. Why didn’t he DO something when he saw someone being murdered in front of him???


5 posted on 08/10/2010 9:44:47 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Free ThinkerNY

6 posted on 08/10/2010 9:48:28 PM PDT by B.Lyle
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I just don’t see a crime here.... I raised two kids. (s)

Raz


7 posted on 08/10/2010 9:55:13 PM PDT by Razmataz
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To: Frank_2001

Well that works both ways. Why didn’t the almighty do something when he saw a murderous pedophiles about to play with his innocent kids?


8 posted on 08/10/2010 9:57:45 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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To: Frank_2001
Probably has something to do with this:

...Newark boarding home for adults with mental illness ...

9 posted on 08/10/2010 10:01:48 PM PDT by It's me
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I I’d known that was an option I would have saved myself hours of nagging when my children were teenagers.


10 posted on 08/10/2010 10:19:38 PM PDT by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The problem with re-enlisting at 42 as an E-4 is that you have to share a room until a spot opens for E-5, and you jump through the hoops.

I never actually strangled anyone that shared a room (not to death) but some of them volunteered for duties that they didn't remember signing up for. And I once volunteered the room for training for sky-cops making a raid. (I was out that evening)

Making E-5 was a relief for everybody. ;)

/johnny

11 posted on 08/10/2010 10:23:38 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Like man biting dog, a Gun is killed.


12 posted on 08/11/2010 1:16:43 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Well, he read an article on Gun Control, and decided to put feet to his prayers.
barbra ann


13 posted on 08/11/2010 1:31:27 AM PDT by barb-tex (November 2! Dia de los Muertas. ( Day of the Dead), Them or Us. Nov 5, Guy Falkes Day)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This has happened before and has had studies done on it as well as several papers written on it my those in the field of mental health.

It is referred to as “The Felix Unger Syndrome”


14 posted on 08/11/2010 1:56:29 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: Free ThinkerNY
>>> Newark boarding home resident is accused of strangling roommate over untidy room. The two gentlemen in happier days
15 posted on 08/11/2010 2:40:11 AM PDT by tlb
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Glad I dont have a room mate.....


16 posted on 08/11/2010 2:57:29 AM PDT by njslim
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To: It's me

You might be right..... “Hey wow, man, this can’t be real. I gotta go take some Thorazine”
;)


17 posted on 08/11/2010 9:19:31 AM PDT by Frank_2001
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