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| N.J. Official Admits Parole Board Erred in Murder Suspect's Release |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 07/24/2003 |
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A Bergenfield man accused of murdering a Garfield woman last November was not assigned a parole officer when he was released from prison a short time before, according to an internal New Jersey State Parole Board investigation. Documents obtained by The Record of Bergen County reveal that parole officials also failed to meet other obligations of a required supervision plan for 20-year-old Perry Cerf. Cerf is accused of murdering Flor Andrade on November 25, 17 days after he was released from a prison for young adults near Trenton. A top parole board official admitted the case was mishandled. ''We should have caught it,'' said Michael Dowling, the board's executive director. ''I'm not here to blame anyone else. We should have been astute enough. There's no excuse for not catching it.'' Cerf's supervision plan would have imposed a curfew, required him to undergo mandatory drug and alcohol testing and find work. But Cerf was released from the Garden State Reception Center in Yardville on Nov. 8 without the required plan. Had the plan been put in place, Cerf would have been required to meet with a parole officer on Nov. 11. According to authorities, Cerf murdered the 47-year-old Andrade after answering a classified ad she had placed in an escort magazine. He was arrested four days later on Thanksgiving in Demarest after being stopped for speeding. Cerf is being held on $2 million bail in the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack. |
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