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2009 Trial Date Set For Suspended New Jersey State Police Trooper Robert Higbee After Many Delays - Ran Stop Sign At Nearly 70 MPH In A 35 MPH Residential Area And Killed Teen Sisters On The Way To The Store To Buy Milk
July 12th, 2008
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY - A State Police trooper will go to trial in April to face charges of vehicular homicide in the deaths of two Upper Township sisters.
Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten on Friday set a trial date of April 20, 2009, for Robert Higbee, whose patrol cruiser struck a minivan in 2006, killing Jacqueline and Christina Becker.
The teenagers were returning to their grandmother’s home after a trip to a convenience store for milk when their minivan was broadsided by Higbee’s police cruiser at the intersection of Stagecoach and Old Tuckahoe roads on Sept. 27, 2006.
In February 2007, Higbee was indicted on charges of vehicular homicide. He faces as many as 20 years in prison if convicted on both counts.
Higbee and the Becker sisters’ family were in court Friday for a status conference to set the trial schedule. He was suspended without pay from the State Police after the indictment.
Read MoreDouche-Bag New Jersey State Police Trooper Robert Higbee, Unable To Accept Criminal Responsibility For Killing Teen Sisters When He Ran Stopsign At 69 MPH, Contesting Every Detail Of Proceedings Against Him
June 23rd, 2007
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY — The indictment against State Police Trooper Robert Higbee charging him with vehicular homicide in the deaths of two Upper Township sisters will stand, Superior Court Judge Carmen Alvarez ruled Friday.
In a six-page decision, Alvarez found the grand jury proceedings that led to the indictment were conducted properly, that there was no evidence of prosecutorial misconduct and no cause to dismiss the indictment.
Alvarez, however, did grant the defense’s request to conduct a hearing on the admissibility of data obtained from the black box — the device that records speed, braking and other data — in Higbee’s police car.
Higbee was indicted in February on two counts of vehicular homicide in the Sept. 27 deaths of Jacqueline and Christina Becker.
The sisters were traveling west on Old Tuckahoe Road in Marmora when Higbee ran a stop sign at the intersection of Stagecoach Road and crashed into the minivan in which they were riding.
Read MoreNew Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee’s Lawyer Grasping At Straws After Officer Runs Stop Sign And Kills Two Teen Sisters
June 12th, 2007
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY — The defense argued Friday that the indictment charging State Trooper Robert Higbee with two counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of two Upper Township sisters was the result of grand jury proceedings replete with errors and incorrect interpretations of the law.
“The grand jury is not a rubber stamp for the Prosecutor’s Office,” defense attorney D. William Subin said.
Subin appeared before Superior Court Judge Carmen Alvarez to ask that the judge dismiss the indictment, which charges Higbee with driving recklessly Sept. 27, 2006, the night Jacqueline and Christina Becker were killed, after his police car crashed into their minivan.
The sisters were traveling on Old Tuckahoe Road in Marmora at about 10 p.m. when Higbee ran a stop sign at the intersection at Stagecoach Road and collided with them. A third car, sitting across the intersection, also was hit.
Read MoreMother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Now Indicted Douche-Bag New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee Runs Stop Sign At 60 MPH And Kills Her Daughters
May 30th, 2007
UPPER TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY — A township mother filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the on-duty State Police trooper responsible for the traffic collision last year that killed her two daughters.
Maria Caiafa, of Marmora, was the sole plaintiff in a complaint filed Tuesday in state Superior Court against Trooper Robert Higbee and the New Jersey State Police.
According to the lawsuit, Higbee was driving his marked State Police cruiser faster than 75 mph on the 35 mph road without flashing emergency lights or sirens seconds before the accident. The cruiser was traveling at 60 mph when it ran a stop sign on Old Tuckahoe Road and struck the driver’s side of a minivan on Old Tuckahoe Road, killing 17-year-old Jacqueline Becker and her sister, Christina, 19. The sisters had gone to the market for milk at about 10 o’clock Sept. 27.
Read MoreNew Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee’s Defense Questions Charges - Trooper Ran Stop Sign And Killed Two Sisters Going To Store For Milk
April 20th, 2007
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY ? The defense said Thursday that it is challenging a grand jury’s indictment of State Trooper Robert D. Higbee and evidence obtained from the event data recorder, or black box, in his police cruiser.
Higbee, 34, ran a stop sign on Stagecoach Road in Marmora on Sept. 27 and crashed into a minivan carrying Jacqueline Becker, 17, and her sister, Christina Becker, 19.
The sisters were pronounced dead at the scene, and five months later Higbee was indicted on two counts of vehicular homicide.
Higbee’s attorney, D. William Subin, has entered a not-guilty plea on his client’s behalf, and on Thursday he said he would challenge both the indictment and the manner in which it was obtained.
In a hearing before Superior Court Judge Carmen Alvarez, Subin said he is awaiting copies of audio tapes of the grand jury proceeding, but said he questioned whether the grand jury was given all the pertinent information it needed before handing up the indictment.
Read MoreUpdated: Three Events Promoted By New Jersey State Trooper Fraternal Association, State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, And Garden State C.O.P.S. To Benefit Child Killer State Trooper Robert Higbee
April 5th, 2007
Common Decency Takes A Vacation At The HOLIDAY INN!
Party at FROG ROCK GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB to Benefit Child Killer!
C. REEDS PLACE Hosts Party For Child Killer State Trooper!
New Jersey - Garden State COPS Enlists Whining Widow To Justify Throwing Parties For State Trooper Robert Higbee, Who Killed Two Children
April 3rd, 2007
Contact these three businesses and tell them how disgusting it is that they are hosting parties for a cop who killed two kids: whining
Holiday Inn Manahawkin
151 State Highway 72 Nor, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
(609) 481-6100
Frog Rock Golf & Country Club
420 Boyer Avenue, Hammonton, NJ 08037
(609) 561-5504
C. Reeds Place
5234 US Highway 130
Bordentown, NJ 08505
(609) 298-0764
NEW JERSEY –
Garden State COPS – A New Jersey Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors
Madeline Neumann, President
For immediate release: Phone 609-625-1024
Garden State COPS would like to extend our condolences to the family of Jacqueline and Christina Becker. Having tragically and suddenly lost a family member as well, we understand their family’s grief.
Read MoreThird Party Scheduled To Benefit Child Killer New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee - C Reed’s Place - Bordentown New Jersey 609-298-0764
April 2nd, 2007
BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY ? The State Troopers Fraternal Organization of the New Jersey State Police HERE has announced a third party to benefit child killer state trooper Robert Higbee on the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association’s web site HERE
C. Reeds Place
5234 US Highway 130
Bordentown, NJ 08505
(609) 298-0764
Please call this business and tell them what you think of them supporting the New Jersey State Trooper who accelerated through an intersection/stop sign and killed two children.
New Jersey State Trooper Fraternal Association And State Policemen’s Benevolent Association Holding Parties At Country Club And Holiday Inn To Benefit State Trooper Who Ran Stop Sign And Killed Teen Sisters
April 1st, 2007
NEW JERSEY - The New Jersey State Trooper Fraternal Association and State Policemen?s Benevolent Association is holding parties at the Frog Rock County Club, Hammonton, New Jersey and Stafford Township Holiday Inn (aka: Manahawkin/Long Beach Island Holiday Inn), Manahawkin, New Jersey. The parties are to benefit State Trooper Robert Higbee, who ran a stop sign, killing two teen sisters.
TEEN SISTERS KILLED BY STATE TROOPER RUNNING STOP SIGN
STATE TROOPERS HOLDING PARTIES TO BENEFIT TEEN?S KILLER
The two teen sisters left home to buy milk. An eye-witness to the killing stated that Robert Higbee accelerated towards the intersection instead of breaking for the stop sign.
STATE TROOPER ROBERT HIGBEE ? TEEN?S KILLER
Bad Cop News readers are encouraged to call the Frog Rock County Club (609) 561-1876 and Stafford Township Holiday Inn/Manahawkin/Long Beach Island Holiday Inn
Read MoreFeatured On 20/20: “High-Speed Chase” Leads to Tragedy - Sisters Killed By New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee Running Stop Sign - Cop Says He Was Chasing Someone, Witness At Scene Says Higbee Wasn’t, “He Puts His Foot To The Floor, And He Just Accelerates” Before Running Stop Sign
March 31st, 2007
CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY ? Their names were Christina and Jacqueline Becker. Their lives were just beginning ? and then they were over in an instant.
Christina and Jacqueline were the only two children of Maria Caiafa, and the youngest of four generations of women in a close-knit, big hearted Italian family from Cape May County, N.J. Jacqueline was 17, a senior in high school, and 19-year-old Christina was a junior in college. But their lives came to a tragic end on Sept. 27, 2006.
The girls were staying with their grandparents, Geraldine and Cesar Caiafa. Around 10 p.m., they went to pick up milk at the local convenience store. Jacqueline and Christina were driving a half-mile back to their grandparents’ house, when another driver was tearing down the road, traveling at least 60 miles an hour, nearly double the speed limit.
Read MoreTonight: ABC News 20/20 Show To Feature New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee’s Killing Of Teen Sisters - Ran Stop Sign
March 31st, 2007
NEW JERSEY: The ABC News program ?20/20? will air a piece on the deaths of Upper Township sisters Christina and Jacqueline Becker during its regular 10 p.m. broadcast tonight, according to the ABC News Web site.
The Becker sisters were killed Sept. 27 in Marmora when the minivan they were driving was struck by a State Police car driven by Trooper Robert Higbee.
Higbee has since been charged with vehicular homicide and the case is pending.
New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee Arraigned For Killing Sisters As He Ran Stop Sign - The Douche-Bag Hugs Their Mother in Court - Multiple Witnesses Say His Statements About Chasing Speeder Are Lies
March 15th, 2007
CAPE MAY COURTHOUSE, NEW JERSEY - Since the night her two daughters died in a horrific crash when a state trooper’s cruiser plowed into them, Maria Caifa has wanted to meet the man behind the wheel, to see him, to speak with him.
Thursday morning, she got her wish.
Trooper Robert Higbee asked Caifa’s lawyer if he could have a brief word with the woman moments after the hearing ended. The two embraced for about 15 seconds and exchanged a few words.
Neither Higbee’s lawyer nor Caifa’s lawyer would say what was discussed. Higbee did not speak during the arraignment, which lasted approximately three minutes.
Lewis April, Caifa’s lawyer, said she had long wanted to speak to Higbee and was appreciative of the trooper’s gesture. She was too upset to speak to reporters on Thursday, he added.
Read MorePolice Union Head Says Indictment Of New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee For Running Stopsign And Killing Teen Sisters Raises Fear Among Police Officers (Who Don’t Want To Also Be Held Legally Accountable For Their Actions)
March 4th, 2007
UPPER TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY - The indictment Tuesday of a state trooper who caused a fatal car accident is stirring fear among other police that they could face similar charges on the job, according to the head of the union that represents State Police.
A grand jury on Tuesday indicted Trooper Robert Higbee, 34, on two counts of vehicular homicide in the Sept. 27 crash that killed Jacqueline Becker, 17, and her only sister, Christina, 19.
Higbee ran a stop sign on Stagecoach and Tuckahoe roads, colliding with the Beckers’ minivan. He allegedly told accident investigators he was pursuing a speeder. The indictment said Higbee was driving recklessly.
If convicted on both counts, he faces as many as 20 years in prison.
The indictment has stirred a debate about whether the dangers and risks inherent in policing should mitigate mistakes officers make.
Read MoreUpdate: New Jersey State Police Trooper Robert Higbee Indicted In Wreck Which Killed Teen Sisters
February 28th, 2007
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY — Maria Caiafa and her parents broke down in sobs upon learning that the man who killed her only children was indicted Tuesday on charges of vehicular homicide.
The Upper Township mother has been a self-described emotional wreck since the Sept. 27 crash that killed the two people she says defined her and made her whole — her daughters Jacqueline G. Becker, 17, and Christina M. Becker, 19.
A Cape May County grand jury indicted Trooper Robert Higbee on two counts of vehicular homicide for allegedly driving recklessly through a stop sign at Stagecoach Road and Route 631. The indictment abruptly concluded the investigation into the accident five months ago that united many in this community in sorrow.
The sisters were returning from an errand — buying milk — when Higbee’s police cruiser ran a stop sign, broadsiding the sisters’ minivan. Higbee suffered minor injuries. Both teenagers were pronounced dead at the scene.
Read MoreNew Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee Finally Indicted After Running Stop Sign And Killing Teen Sisters In Cape May County
February 28th, 2007
CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY – A New Jersey state trooper was indicted by a Cape May County grand jury today on two counts of vehicular homicide, five months after authorities say he ran a stop sign in his cruiser and collided with a minivan, killing two teenage sisters.
Trooper Robert Higbee was charged in the Sept. 27, 2006, deaths of Jacqueline Becker, 17, and Christina Becker, 19. Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor announced the indictments were returned after an “exhaustive joint investigation” by his office and the New Jersey State Police.
In a prepared statement, Taylor said information from the cruiser’s “black box,” which recorded the vehicle’s speed, engine output, accelerator position, braking and other information, was critical to the investigation.
D. William Subin, a lawyer representing Higbee, called the deaths of the two girls “very tragic,” but said indicting the trooper on criminal charges is “a further tragedy and injustice.” He said Higbee is not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing.
Read MoreNew Jersey State Police Trooper Sgt. James Mullins Showed Off Crash Wreckage In Secure Impound Yard To Gawkers Weeks Before Family’s Investigator Was Allowed To See Vehicle - Two Sisters Killed By State Trooper Robert Higbee
January 13th, 2007
UPPER TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY — The mother of two township sisters who were killed in a crash with a State Police trooper filed a complaint with the state Attorney General’s Office this week alleging evidence was mishandled.
Lawyer Lewis B. April said State Police Sgt. James Mullins, who works out of the Buena Vista Township barracks, in October showed two female friends the wreckage of the sisters’ minivan in a secure impound yard on their way to a Philadelphia Flyers game. This happened weeks before the family’s investigators were granted permission to see the vehicle after the Sept. 27 accident, April said.
April said it was akin to showing off a murder weapon from an evidence locker.
“It was a sideshow, a gawking expedition,” April said. “The issue is the manner in which the State Police conduct their investigations and protect their evidence. What were two unauthorized people doing walking around in a secured impound yard?”
Read MoreVeteran New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee Runs Stop Sign, Caused Three Car Pile-Up, Injuring One Driver And His Teen Son, While Killing Two Teenage Sisters On Errand To Buy Milk
September 29th, 2006
UPPER TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY - Two teenage sisters on an errand to pick up a gallon of milk were killed when a New Jersey state trooper ran a stop sign, causing a three-car accident, authorities said Thursday.
The Wednesday night crash in southern New Jersey’s Cape May County was still under investigation, but a preliminary finding showed the trooper, who was on patrol, hit the teens’ minivan when he ran a stop sign, state police Sgt. Stephen Jones said Thursday.
Trooper Robert Higbee, 34, struck the front driver’s side of the Dodge Caravan at 10 p.m. The van and patrol car then skidded across the road, smashing into a Mazda minivan stopped at the intersection, authorities said.
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