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James R. Fitzgerald has donated 6,000 pages of his professional papers on the Unabomber case to the Pennsylvania Center for Investigative and Forensic Sciences at California University of Pennsylvania.
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CALIFORNIA, Pa. (AP) -
When FBI agents arrested Ted Kaczynski at his remote Montana cabin 25 years ago today, they knew a lot about the famous recluse whose 17-year string of bombings killed three people and injured 24.
Much of what they knew, right down to the bomber’s unusual linguistic stylings, came from the work of James R. Fitzgerald, a now-retired FBI criminal profiler and forensic linguist who lives in Cape May, N.J. His analysis of Kaczynski’s writings helped lead to the arrest of the infamous “Unabomber” and helped elevate the field of forensic linguistics.
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Violation of parole Gary Thompson, 58, 1823 12th Ave. N., transferred to Parole Board.
Possession of a controlled substance Gary Thompson, 58, 1823 12th Ave. N., preliminary hearing April 15; Clint Dencklau, 27, 1132 Seventh Ave. S., preliminary hearing April 23; James R. Fitzgerald, 27, no address given, preliminary hearing waived.
Interference Gary Thompson, 58, 1823 12th Ave. N., continued 180 days; Devontae Naylor Foy, 26, 810 S. 17th St., hearing set for April 30.
Possession of marijuana Clint Dencklau, 27, 1132 Seventh Ave. S., preliminary hearing April 23; James R. Fitzgerald, 27, no address given, preliminary hearing waived.
Possession of drug paraphernalia Clint Dencklau, 27, 1132 Seventh Ave. S., continued 180 days; James R. Fitzgerald, 27, no address given, continued 180 days.
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