Big news Wells Trial

[broken bobber]

My Christmas prayers have just been answered....Scumbag GUILTY ALL FIRST DEGREE COUNTS.....TEARS OF JOY FLOWING....we got him Mikey......I'm so happy

[Duffman]

Justice done!!!!!

[CadiShackFishing]

Great news!! Now we just need a punishment to fit the crime. I've got a few ideas.

[ALS Mako]

good to hear. that scum is going to be put away for a long time. let's hope he never takes a breath as a free man again.

[kurtisb]

Good news bobber. It is finally over. Hoping Di can now have some peace. Miss that sum bitch.

[jlrotary]

Thanks for sharing. Great news!

[Reelron]

It is truly great news. Now we can only continue to pray that it is over.

[shrimpman steve]

Fish fry!

Good news

[SaltLife1980]

Awesome news!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fish Stix]

Great news and glad it's over.

[broken bobber]

judge is retiring so he wants to expedite and finish this case himself so instead of February the sentencing will be next Thursday Dec 15th ...seems from all indications it will be LIFE ..... WHICH IS TOO GOOD.... I can only now pray bubba shanks this scumbag or he hangs himself so I can piss on his grave

[AndyS]

Great news !! Thanx for posting !

[Joey Dah Fish]

Out friggin standing !!!!

[hammer4reel]

Glad for the right outcome.

May it offer some peace to his friends and family

[Falcon]

Hasn't been the same without him...Great news scum bag didn't get away with it....

[FISHGERE]

Hang him by his b---s

[SNAPS]

it will never be over yes THANKFULLY justice has been served and I hope the punishment exceeds the crime this chapter is over. When a loved one and friend has been RIPPED from ones life it is never over one ALWAYS REMEMBER. Let the healing begin.
I didn't fish with Mike that often but when I did it was memorable good times and lots a laughs.

Thanks for the post. Stay well.

[tropics]

Tom Thanks that is great news.
Richie

[Canyonfish]

Happy for Mike's family that justice was done and that the scum that inflicted this pain on them will be in for a life of hell.

I did not know Mike personally like all of you, but some years back we were Fluking on the Gambler and my one young son was pretty seasick and Mike went out of his way to help make him feel better with some pretzels/crackers and ginger ale.

Just one small example of what a good guy that he was to everyone.

RIP to Mike and healing wishes to his family and friends.

[Reelron]

judge is retiring so he wants to expedite and finish this case himself so instead of February the sentencing will be next Thursday Dec 15th ...seems from all indications it will be LIFE ..... WHICH IS TOO GOOD.... I can only now pray bubba shanks this scumbag or he hangs himself so I can piss on his grave

Also a big thank you to you Tom. I know you and LAB were the best of friends and though it wasn't easy for you, you stood by the Wells family and helped them thru it all.

PS. Do you think there is any chance the Judge would let us take the POS on one last Sharking trip this month?

[Foul Hook]

i can only now pray bubba shanks this scumbag or he hangs himself so i can piss on his grave
eye for an eye

[Capt. Debbie]

Come on... don't hold back... tell us what you really feel? LOL

judge is retiring so he wants to expedite and finish this case himself so instead of February the sentencing will be next Thursday Dec 15th ...seems from all indications it will be LIFE ..... WHICH IS TOO GOOD.... I can only now pray bubba shanks this scumbag or he hangs himself so I can piss on his grave

[jmurr711]

Life is to good for him just happy Lady Di gets & Mike's kids get some closure. Amazing how 1 little man touched so many people & helped forming friendships between people who would never of crossed paths without him.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Too bad we don't have the death penalty here in NJ.

[Tuna Tales]

Greats news Tom...hopefully this helps ease everyone's pain just a tad.


Joe T.

[dales529]

Thanks for posting Tom. Had to be hard on his family to be anywhere near the scumbag but at least there is some closure on the justice side. He will get what he deserves in the big house. Maybe we can borrow the murderer for a day on the PUOSU and see how he does:eek:

[broken bobber]

Thanks for posting Tom. Had to be hard on his family to be anywhere near the scumbag but at least there is some closure on the justice side. He will get what he deserves in the big house. Maybe we can borrow the murderer for a day on the PUOSU and see how he does:eek:

weird part is this POS never appeared in court using his constitutional right to do so... the claim was he was sick and unable..when in reality he didn't want jury to see him in shackles and or with sheriffs stand behind him as he is already serving 35 yrs for the other murder..... after jury came back with the verdicts the court then released to them all his priors and many in the jury box broke down in tears along with the judge getting choked up...

he WILL have to appear Thursday for his sentencing

[Gerry Zagorski]

weird part is this POS never appeared in court using his constitutional right to do so... the claim was he was sick and unable..when in reality he didn't want jury to see him in shackles and or with sheriffs stand behind him as he is already serving 35 yrs for the other murder..... after jury came back with the verdicts the court then released to them all his priors and many in the jury box broke down in tears along with the judge getting choked up...

he WILL have to appear Thursday for his sentencing

WOW!! just WOW!!

[Birds Nest]

Double killer on the docket (http://www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2016/12/12/double-killer-docket/95218620/)

Kathleen Hopkins , @Khopkinsapp 5:02 a.m. EST December 12, 2016

When a 57-year-old Manchester man was sentenced earlier this year for the brutal murder of his elderly neighbor, a judge crafted the punishment to ensure the killer would still be behind bars past age 90.

It doesn’t get much worse than that.

Or does it?

Well, if you’re Alan Bienkowski, it does.

Perhaps, with good reason.

Bienkowski, who is serving a 35-year prison term for crushing his elderly neighbor’s skull with 14 blows from a hammer, isn’t finished with the criminal justice system.

Last week, Bienkowski was convicted of another murder, which he committed about a month before he smashed in 76-year-old Anthony Verdicchio’s skull during a robbery in the victim’s mobile home in Manchester.

And that means double trouble for Bienkowski.

After a jury in Monmouth County last week found Bienkowski guilty of murder and related crimes in the shooting death in Long Branch of Michael Wells, the panel had to reconvene the next day to consider whether there was an aggravating factor present that would qualify him for life in prison without the possibility of release on parole.

There was: Bienkowski’s conviction in Ocean County in February for Verdicchio’s murder.

Since he was found guilty in the Ocean County case, he turned down a plea bargain in the Wells murder case and took his chances with a jury.

At first, the defense believed the case against Bienkowski was based on speculation.

Wells, 56, of Point Pleasant Beach, was found shot to death on the morning of April 10, 2013, in a backyard nearby Dutch Prime Foods in Long Branch, where he was the wholesale food manager.

Bienkowski knew Wells because he used to work as a truck driver for a company that shared a building with Dutch Prime Foods. Supposedly, Bienkowski knew Wells carried a lot of cash on him.

He was also deep in debt and in the throes of a heroin addiction. So, prosecutors argued, Bienkowski set out to ambush Wells when he arrived at work. He robbed him, and when Wells went after him, he fatally shot him, the prosecutors said.

But Bienkowski’s attorney, Robert A. Konzelmann, said there were no eyewitnesses and no fingerprint, DNA or gunshot residue evidence.

Bienkowski might have gotten away it, had it not been for a little bird.

Sometime after both killings, a feathered friend fell out of a birdhouse on the property where Bienkowski once lived, now occupied by another family after Bienkowski was locked up for the murders. The little boy who lived there was concerned about the fallen bird, so his father bent down to find it in the dirt. What he found instead was a surprise – a gun that turned out to be the weapon used to murder Wells.

So, in the end, a man who snuffed out life with deadly weapons like guns and hammers was done in by a bird.

While the ending to the story won’t be as mysterious, Bienkowski’s case is on the docket Thursday, when he is scheduled to face Superior Court Judge Ronald Lee Reisner for sentencing in Wells’ murder.

By law, he faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

But there still remains some suspense over one issue: whether Bienkowski will show up in court to hear his sentence; he opted not to attend the recent trial.

The sentencing hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Monmouth County Courthouse in Freehold.

Turn to APP.com later on and to Friday’s Asbury Park Press for full coverage.

Please note: Court events are often subject to last-minute changes and adjournments.

Kathleen Hopkins: 732-643-4202; Khopkins@app.com

[bunker dunker]

i am glad this pos is getting what he deserves.i consider myself lucky to have known and fished with Lab and i hope when this pos dies that Lab gets 30 minutes with him before the devil burns him up.

[Reelron]

i am glad this pos is getting what he deserves.i consider myself lucky to have known and fished with Lab and i hope when this pos dies that Lab gets 30 minutes with him before the devil burns him up.

He is not getting what he really deserves! Hopefully he will get the max that the state will allow! And we can only hope & pray that he gets more than that while he is serving his double life sentences.
The world is full of "Do-gooders" that, with no thought for Mike's family, will eventually try to have him set loose for what they mistakenly think is some noble reason. I have seen it before, where some straight out killer gets out or gets the opportunity to have his sentence reviewed. We must remain ever watchful that this never happens and if it does happen, that he gets brought up for review that we are ready to flood the Department of Corrections or/or Governor's Office with letters to stop it.

[jmurr711]

i am glad this pos is getting what he deserves.i consider myself lucky to have known and fished with Lab and i hope when this pos dies that Lab gets 30 minutes with him before the devil burns him up.

i hope he has to sit & be verbally berated by mikey for all of eternity

[broken bobber]

i hope he has to sit & be verbally berated by mikey for all of eternity

lmfao.....excellent

[Taxman]

http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2016/12/killer_already_in_prison_gets_life_for_second_murd .html#incart_river_home

[Matt_Conway71]

Nice