Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr.

Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr.
Nicholas Louis Bissell, Jr.
Born January 14, 1947(1947-01-14)
New Jersey
Died November 27, 1996(1996-11-27) (aged 49)
Laughlin, Nevada
Occupation Prosecutor
Employer Somerset County, New Jersey
Spouse Barbara
Parents Nicholas Louis Bissell, Sr. (1919-2002)

Nicholas Louis Bissell, Jr. (January 14, 1947 – November 27, 1996) was a Somerset County, New Jersey prosecutor who fled to Laughlin, Nevada and took his own life after being charged with embezzlement, tax fraud and abuse of power.[1]

Biography

He was the son of Nicholas L. Bissell, Sr. (1919-2002). His downfall began on May 10, 1990 with the arrest of James Giuffre of Union, New Jersey on charges of selling $700 worth of cocaine. Bissell would drop the charges if Giuffre forfeited two plots of land to the prosecutor's office. Giuffre agreed, forfeited the two lots, valued at $174,000, and they were sold at auction for a fraction of their value, to acquaintances of someone in Bissell's prosecution office. Giuffre then contacted the IRS. Bissell was arrested, but released under the condition that he wear an electronic bracelet. He snipped it off on November 18, 1996 and fled to Nevada, where he was tracked down by monitoring his cell phone usage. He fatally shot himself after a 10-minute standoff in his hotel room, as a Federal marshal tried to coax him from the room.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Glaberson, William (December 1, 1996). "In Prosecutor's Rise and Fall, a Story of Ambition, Deceit and Shame.". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9D03EEDA123CF932A35751C1A960958260. Retrieved 2007-06-21. "When Nicholas L. Bissell Jr. put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger in a $20 room on a neon strip here, it was almost the cliche ending to an ambitious man's rise and fall. An unexceptional child of New Jersey's modest suburbs, he rose to become a feared prosecutor in Somerset County known for his swaggering assault on drug dealers. Loyal followers said he had a magnetic personality. He capitalized on the attention and he craved more." 
  2. ^ Golden, Tim (November 27, 1996). "Trapped, Fugitive Ex-Prosecutor Kills Himself in a Nevada Hotel.". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E0DF1F3DF934A15752C1A960958260. Retrieved 2007-06-21. "Nicholas L Bissell Jr, former Somerset County, New Jersey, prosecutor who fled to escape prison sentence for corruption and fraud, fatally shoots himself in Laughlin, Nevada, hotel casino as Federal marshal tries to coax him from room; ends 10-minute standoff after telling marshal who tracked him from New Jersey that he could not face prospect of spending next decade of his life in jail; Federal officials say he gave away whereabouts since fleeing home on November 18 by making cellular telephone calls to relatives and friends" 
  3. ^ Glaberson, William (January 6, 1997). "U.S. Marshals Say Bissell Sought to Make New Life.". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E0DE1239F935A35752C0A961958260. Retrieved 2007-06-21. "Federal marshals say that when Nicholas L. Bissell Jr, former Somerset County Prosecutor, snipped off his electronic bracelet and fled his New Jersey home on November 18, it was part of careful plan to make new life as fugitive; say that he made certain preparations shortly before escaping rather than serve prison sentence on Federal charges of embezzlement, tax fraud and abuse of power; Bissell shot himself to death after being found in Nevada casino motel room." 
  4. ^ "Judge Rules U.S. Can Seize Bissell's Assets". New York Times. August 16, 1997. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506E7D8123FF935A2575BC0A961958260. Retrieved 2007-06-21. "US District Court Judge Alfred J. Lechner rules that US Government can seize assets of former Somerset County, New Jersey, Prosecutor Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr., who was convicted in 1996 on Federal charges of embezzlement, tax fraud and abuse of power, which was posted as bail before he fled and killed himself in November; Lechner says Bissell's flight was willful and there was no mitigating circumstances." 

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