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Location |
Defendant(s) |
Date of Alleged Crime |
| New Castle County, DE |
Rev. Bernard Pagano |
1979 |
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Rev. Bernard
Pagano, a
Roman Catholic priest from Baltimore, was accused by witnesses of being the
gun-toting "Gentleman Bandit" who had robbed a number of stores in Delaware
and Pennsylvania. Seven eyewitnesses testified that Pagano was the
perpetrator. Pagano was acquitted at the last minute because of the
confession of Ronald Clouse of Brookhaven, PA to the crimes. Clouse bore a
slight resemblance to Pagano. In 1981, CBS aired a TV movie, "The Gentleman
Bandit," that was loosely based on Pagano's case. [7/05] |
| New Castle County, DE |
Mark Kirk |
Dec 5, 1996 (New Castle) |
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Mark Anthony Kirk was convicted of triple
homicide for allegedly starting an apartment house fire that killed three
people. The fire began on a stove in Kirk's apartment in Building 8 of the
Beaver Brook Apartments. Police interrogated Kirk for hours, and engaged in
psychological manipulations including threatening him with a death
sentence. Kirk eventually confessed to accidentally starting the fire. He
said he was using an electric burner on the stove to light a cigarette when
he spilled a bottle of Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum on the burner, causing
the fire.
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