e
New Member
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2003
- Messages
- 1,131
- Reaction score
- 0
Arrest in serial prankings
A Central Islip man faces 2 felonies in scams such as mailing dead animals and falsely calling in child abuse that occurred over 10 years
If sometime in the past 10 years, a mattress you didn't order showed up to your home, if your electricity was mysteriously turned off or if you received a Christmas card with a dead rat or bird, then you might be a victim of what State Police call a "Rodack Sampler."
The title stems from Jack Rodack, 50, of Central Islip, who was arrested for committing those offenses, along with others, against people on Long Island, New York City, New Jersey and upstate, said New York State Police Investigator Susan Mulvey of the Endwell barracks in Broome County.
Mulvey said yesterday that Rodack performed several antics:
Mailing dead animals and used condoms to people's homes; changing or forwarding addresses of other people through the postal service; placing real estate ads in newspapers for places that weren't available, inundating victims with unwanted calls; calling police to homes that didn't need help; and reporting child abuse that didn't take place.
"One woman had more than 20 child abuse calls made about her," Mulvey said.
So far, police have identified about 14 victims, although Mulvey said it's possible countless more, including some on the West Coast, have received the "Rodack Samplers."
It appears Rodack targeted former co-workers at the New Jersey State Division for Youth and Family Services, where he was a case worker, and from his job as a New York State Department of State investigator and process server, authorities said. Mulvey said some of his victims had interacted with him while he attended college upstate.
Investigator Michael Young got the case from a small, upstate police department and took about a month to suspect Rodack.
He used phone records, traveled throughout the state and noticed patterns to help solve the case, Mulvey said.
"It may have escaped some of the other agencies because it was so long-term," Mulvey said.
State Police in Brentwood arrested Rodack at his home at 29 Hackmatac St. on Thursday and drove him upstate, said Investigator Eric Baez.
Rodack was charged with second-degree stalking and second-degree forgery, both felonies. If convicted, he could face up to 8 years in prison, Baez said. Mulvey said Rodack has a criminal history, but would not provide details.
An estranged brother reached by phone in Michigan last night declined to comment.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/l...,0,1752277.story?coll=ny-topstories-headlines
A Central Islip man faces 2 felonies in scams such as mailing dead animals and falsely calling in child abuse that occurred over 10 years
If sometime in the past 10 years, a mattress you didn't order showed up to your home, if your electricity was mysteriously turned off or if you received a Christmas card with a dead rat or bird, then you might be a victim of what State Police call a "Rodack Sampler."
The title stems from Jack Rodack, 50, of Central Islip, who was arrested for committing those offenses, along with others, against people on Long Island, New York City, New Jersey and upstate, said New York State Police Investigator Susan Mulvey of the Endwell barracks in Broome County.
Mulvey said yesterday that Rodack performed several antics:
Mailing dead animals and used condoms to people's homes; changing or forwarding addresses of other people through the postal service; placing real estate ads in newspapers for places that weren't available, inundating victims with unwanted calls; calling police to homes that didn't need help; and reporting child abuse that didn't take place.
"One woman had more than 20 child abuse calls made about her," Mulvey said.
So far, police have identified about 14 victims, although Mulvey said it's possible countless more, including some on the West Coast, have received the "Rodack Samplers."
It appears Rodack targeted former co-workers at the New Jersey State Division for Youth and Family Services, where he was a case worker, and from his job as a New York State Department of State investigator and process server, authorities said. Mulvey said some of his victims had interacted with him while he attended college upstate.
Investigator Michael Young got the case from a small, upstate police department and took about a month to suspect Rodack.
He used phone records, traveled throughout the state and noticed patterns to help solve the case, Mulvey said.
"It may have escaped some of the other agencies because it was so long-term," Mulvey said.
State Police in Brentwood arrested Rodack at his home at 29 Hackmatac St. on Thursday and drove him upstate, said Investigator Eric Baez.
Rodack was charged with second-degree stalking and second-degree forgery, both felonies. If convicted, he could face up to 8 years in prison, Baez said. Mulvey said Rodack has a criminal history, but would not provide details.
An estranged brother reached by phone in Michigan last night declined to comment.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/l...,0,1752277.story?coll=ny-topstories-headlines
He sounds too werid. Glad that psycho is off the street.
...
