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ESCAPED PRISONER
PROMPTS MANHUNT
Hundreds of law enforcement officers comb Barnegat for
fugitive once convicted of manslaughter in infants death
THURSDAY 05.05.16

PHOTOS BY PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Police with a K-9 unit walk down the middle of Village Drive in the Settlers Landing section of Barnegat as they search for an escaped prisoner Wednesday. Inset: The fugitive, Arthur Buckel, 38,
is described as standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds. He was reported missing Tuesday from the Bayside State Prison unit at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Winslow.

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ERIK LARSEN @ERIK_LARSEN
AMANDA OGLESBY @OGLESBYAPP
KATHLEEN HOPKINS @KHOPKINSAPP
ANDREW FORD @ANDREWFORDNEWS

BARNEGAT A prison escapee remained on the

lam Wednesday night, despite efforts by hundreds of
officers who swarmed the township all day in search of
the convicted killer last seen in the morning at a West
Bay Avenue pharmacy.
Barnegat police said they will not give up searching
for Arthur Buckel until they catch him or have confirmation that he is no longer in the area.
School officials and police decided Wednesday
night that schools would be open today. If the fugitive
has not been caught, they said, officers would be stationed at each school all day.
At an 8 p.m. news conference, Mayor John Novak
appealed to Buckel to surrender.
My suggestion to you is to surrender to law enforcement, Novak said, addressing the 38-year-old
prisoner who escaped Tuesday from the Bayside State
Prison unit at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Winslow.
Make it easy for everybody, including yourself,
Novak continued. You will be apprehended either
way.
See FUGITIVE, Page 6A

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Police search backyards along Windward Drive in the Settlers Landing section of Barnegat for fugitive Arthur Buckel.

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Mon U. faces federal sex assault case

KAREN YI @KAREN_YI

WEST LONG BRANCH - The U.S. Department of

Education is investigating a students claim that Monmouth University violated federal law during its handling of sexual violence on campus, school officials
confirmed.
Schools that receive federal funding as Monmouth University does must appropriately address
sexual violence and harassment under Title IX, an anti-gender-discrimination law.

TSA officials, fearing summer surge in travel, beg

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While university officials did not disclose details of

the investigation, the student who filed the federal
complaint told the Asbury Park Press she believes the
university mishandled her sexual assault case after
she told campus officials she was raped in 2014 by a
male student she was in an on-and-off relationship
with.
The Press does not identify women who allege a sexual assault.
See ASSAULT, Page 7A

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