In North Jersey, three days before Halloween and 9 days before the elections in 1977, James Comey and his younger brother Peter had a run in with a criminal that had raped young teens in Bergen County.
A man dubbed “the Ramsey rapist” held 15-year-old Comey and his younger brother at gunpoint after breaking into their Allendale home on an October day in 1977, one of a string of break-ins that included the rape of two area baby sitters. The Comey brothers, locked in a bathroom while the intruder searched the home, escaped through a window, only to encounter the man again on their lawn. The brothers ran back inside the house, locked the doors and called police, setting off a massive manhunt.
Comey has said [that episode] taught him important lessons about crime’s psychological toll on victims. He said it affected him for years, though he did not say exactly how.
Source: http://archive.northjersey.com/news/fbi-nominee-comey-was-held-captive-as-a-bergen-teen-1.589446?page=all
Comey has seen all those emails. What happened to that important lesson?
One of the Comey brothers (unnamed), identified the rapist in a line up, but the police did not pursue**any **charges. In fact, the bail for the guy they had in custody was lowered and the police chief put up his own house as bond (ethics, conflict of interest).
A grand jury in 1978 returned no indictments.
No one was ever charged for the home invasion or the rapes.
Sources:
http://archive.northjersey.com/news/fbi-nominee-comey-was-held-captive-as-a-bergen-teen-1.589446?page=all
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/07/the-gunman-the-rapist-the-woodsman-and-young-jim-comey
How many holes can you find in this story?
e.g. How did two teenagers just run back into the house "to call police" when they were confronted outside by a guy with gun?
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SoldierofLight ago
There's a lot more to that story than what they're putting into print. I'd be interested to know if there are any indications that the rapist was part of a ring of some kind. I wonder if the rapist was fulfilling an initiation rite. Was it just him or did he have accomplices? Did Comey's parents know the guy or have any connection to him?
Clearly, if the police chief made sure the guy walked and without even being charged (which kept him out of "the system" or database of arrests) he had reason to keep the guy quiet.
Nice find, OP.
Laskar ago
Thanks. I'm glad I am not the only one who noticed how many hole there are in that story. FBI?
And how do two teenagers just walk around their house, go in and lock the door to call the police when they are held at gunpoint?
carmencita ago
What if the boys or one of them was really raped? What if the story sounds as if it has holes in it because it does. Remember in those days, what it would mean in that community to the family. The mother was involved in the Catholic Church and in the country club, the father sold real estate and was a councilman. It is possible the rapist was never charged, so the story could be changed. It was just a break in, no rape. People wondered, but later forgot about it. Oh, yeah the boys were really smart, right? We wonder what happened to make them like they are, so maybe they were raped and it was covered up to bury the embarrassment. James and his brother Peter may have both become pedophiles or maybe just James. Just a thought.
Laskar ago
If it's a break-in to rob the home, then it is called burglary. When someone is assaulted or murdered in the home and there is no "break-in" or burglary, then it is called a "home invasion". There is no mention of forced entry either, so they could not use the term break-in in that case either. Think about all the things wrong with the "official story" as per usual.
All the information indicates there were no charges.
carmencita ago
I am proposing there were no charges because the parents did not press charges. Due to their standing in the community and the shame in those days, I am saying they may have just wanted it to go away. Also, as we know parents nowadays allow these things to happen, for payment. Also there is the 'possibility that a master key was used by LE and the story was made up. I think there are holes because the truth has never been told. Only Comey and his brother know the real truth.
Laskar ago
There were no charges because the grand jury did not hand any down.
The parents were not even mentioned.