Search for barracks ambush suspect a 'needle in a haystack'

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Officer: Search for barracks ambush suspect was like ‘needle in a haystack’

<p>JERSEY CITY, N.J. W(AP) &#8212; A Pennsylvania man arrested last year with a cache of weapons at the Holland Tunnel while on a trip he said was to rescue a Wilkes-Barre teen from a drug den has rejected a plea deal offered by prosecutors in New Jersey.</p><p>James Lisa, the lawyer for John Cramsey, said Monday that the deal called for his client to receive a five-year prison sentence. Cramsey would have had to serve at least 3 &#189; years before he became eligible for parole and three years of probation after he was freed.</p><p>The 51-year-old Zionsville man and two other Pennsylvania residents face weapons charges after their arrest last June at the tunnel, which connects New Jersey and New York City.</p><p>Cramsey declined comment after a court hearing on Monday.</p><p>The Wilkes-Barre teen, Jenea Patterson, died of an apparent overdose in late Januuary.</p><style>
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Man arrested with weapons in NYC attempting to rescue W-B teen rejects plea deal