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Trucker ordered to trial in fiery crash that killed New Jersey man on Interstate 78
Published On: May 19 2014 04:02:15 PM CDT
Updated On: May 19 2014 05:34:14 PM CDT
Updated On: May 19 2014 05:34:14 PM CDT
A truck driver accused of causing a violent and deadly crash in Northampton County is heading to trial.
Robert Gawne waived his preliminary hearing Monday morning.
Gawne, 55, of Allentown, was driving his tractor trailer on Interstate 78 in Williams Township in January when he lost control as he approached the toll plaza, investigators said.
Officials said the truck went airborne, landed on a car and crashed into a toll booth before bursting into flames.
The man in the car, Daniel Murphy, of Hackettstown, was killed.
Gawne told police he fell asleep at the wheel.
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Was Tuesday [7 May 2013] the day we began to see the future a bit more clearly? Capital-infused alternative business structures with clear, market-dominating ambitions, using their financial clout to consolidate their markets?
Josh Richman - Low expectations are preventing equal opportunities
Low expectations based on prejudices against wealth and ethnicity are institutionalised across society, widening unnecessary divisions and barring access to educational and career opportunities.
John van der Luit-Drummond - Pro bono is not just for boosting your CV
Since beginning my studies in law 10 years ago, I have had opportunities to be part of several fantastic pro bono programmes aimed at providing access to justice for many in society who could otherwise not afford to be represented.
Isla Grant - The benefits of going pro
Each year, LawWorks organises the Student Pro Bono Awards, with the endorsement of the attorney general.
Josh Richman - Lights, camera, (family-friendly) online action
LC.N has branched into the glamorous format of short video interviews as part of our ceaseless mission to boost your legal career prospects with useful, digestible information and advice.
John van der Luit-Drummond - Amicus: fight to the death
In March 2012 I was fortunate enough to attend training on the US death penalty by Amicus at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London.
Josh Richman - This is the modern world: paralegals, outsourcing and ABS
The need to make legal services more flexible, cheap and accessible for the public, while ensuring that providers can continue to profit, was a key discussion point at a recent Westminster Legal Policy Forum seminar.
City Penguin Club - A huddle of penguins
The City Penguin Club is a community that we established to support students in the transition from university to working life.
Louis Harman - Legal aid reforms open the door to student lawyers
Are you a law student? Do you think that the legal aid reforms are all bad news? Let me try to change your mind.
William Lavell - Thinking about the Bar?
After 25 years of being a senior clerk and having dealt with many students and pupils over the years, I am now in a position to give students an insight into the workings of a pupillage selection panel.
Peter Gavin - ABS v traditional partnership
As BT becomes the largest company to get an alternative business structure licence, Freeth Cartwright's managing partner Peter Gavin looks at the potential impact on the legal services industry.
Aurore Hochard - Making connections
In this guest blog, I would love to share my experiences of how studying law has had such a positive impact on my life, especially on my entrepreneurial life.
Matt Broadbent - More Law - more choices, more information
The law and the legal profession are changing, that's not in doubt.
Joseph Stoker - An alternative view
I am an LPC graduate and have been working in-house for three years. I am about to start a training contract within the legal department of an open cloud computing company.
Josh Richman - Work those ABS: the outlook for Co-op Legal Services
Co-operative Legal Services was among the first of the new influx of ABS into the legal sector and it looks set to be one of the pre-eminent legal services providers in coming years.
Dick Lidwell - Sticking to the code
Do the dates 31 July and 1 September mean anything to you? Are you aware of the Code for the Recruitment of Trainee Solicitors and how it can help you? If not, read on...
Matt Broadbent - Dare to be aware
'Commercial awareness'; the phrase on the lips of every recruiter, careers adviser and candidate.
Joyce Arram - Half a century of CILEx; a time to reflect
This year the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Bobby Kensah - What's in it for me?
Recently honoured as one of the 10 outstanding young persons of the world, Bobby Kensah talks to LC.N about the value of volunteering and pro bono.
Anthony Lyons - A familiar paradox
Working in a City law firm as a paralegal has meant that I have gained critical work experience in legal practice, something which is fast becoming a distinguishing point between training contract hopefuls.
Toby Hornett - One-way application videos; a prediction
As a recruiter (and probably without knowing it, as a candidate), I can reflect on some interviews that very quickly and obviously became a waste of time.
Josh Richman - Work those ABS: the outlook for Co-operative Legal Services
The Co-operative Legal Services was among the first of the new influx of alternative business structures into the legal sector in April 2012, and though many more ABS applications have been lodged since, CLS looks set to be one of the pre-eminent legal services providers in coming years.
Matt Broadbent - Keep your eyes open
Coming soon are two major, much-awaited launches that should be on your radar as an aspiring lawyer; the report of the LETR and the unveiling of the new 'Pupillage Gateway' application system for pupillages.
Kaplan Law School - Ensuring training contract success
The LPC workload can be tough at times, so if you're also making applications to law firms you'll have to be particularly organised.
Ei Nge Htut - CityLawLIVE: a fantastic event for aspiring solicitors
The CityLawLIVE event, held in December last year, was an incredibly useful way to spend a Saturday!
Matt Broadbent - Time to gaze at your navel
One of the biggest barriers to success in finding a career in law is the trouble many candidates have in successfully translating what they have done in their academic, work and extracurricular lives into a set of skills and attributes that are attractive to employers and backed up by evidence.
Jenny Pelling - Get ahead of the game with legal apprenticeships
As business director of ILEX Tutorial College, I work with a lot of employers in relation to the vocational qualifications on offer by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.
Matt Broadbent - Are you a slave to the deadline?
Deadlines. They're undoubtedly a part of lawyers' day-to-day lives. But in fact, they are something you need to face up to before you even become a lawyer.
Matt Broadbent - New Year's resolutions for successful candidates
The new year is here already, with all the hopes of renewal, a fresh start and really getting things together. But beware - time has a habit of slipping away, so make sure you take action NOW!
Josh Richman - Let's be OPEN about disability requirements at work
We were happy to attend this year's OPEN event, which brings representatives from leading international law firms together with aspiring lawyers who have disabilities for a day of networking, workshops and group discussions.
David Nicholls - Earnings at the Bar: great expectations?
Ah, it's a barrister's life for me: the wigs, the pink ribbon, the chambers tea, the smart suits, the fine wines, the freedom of self-employment, short working days and long, expensive holidays.
Anna Williams - Apostrophe apocalypse
In October Kyle Wiens, the boss of iFixit and Dozuki - two companies that produce computer programming manuals - blogged on the Harvard Business Review website about his refusal to employ anyone who failed a grammar test.
Isla Grant - Reality check - commerciality
The legal profession is part of the business world. If you harbour any ambitions to work for a commercial law firm then it will be essential to develop a good understanding of the issues and events affecting businesses.
Matt Broadbent - Best foot forward
As you are probably aware, the LawCareers.Net team does not just exist online. We also produce a number of important print products each year.
Isla Grant - Reality check - online
Your online presence may be currently dominated by photos of debauched holiday antics and salacious comments, so it may be wise to build up a more 'professional' social media profile than your Facebook account offers.
Isla Grant - Reality check - experience
You need a combination of work experience and extracurricular activities to become the all-rounder that firms/chambers want to hire.
Isla Grant - Reality check - time
An awareness of the pressures of time is crucial if you are to succeed; you must give the requisite amount of time to your future career.
Isla Grant - Reality check – competition
The numbers are stacked against you – there are many fewer training contract and pupillage places than there are people with the necessary qualifications, so you have to find a way to stand out among thousands angling for the same job.
Isla Grant - Reality check – academics
In the first of a series of six short daily blog posts, we seek to inject a note of reality into your search for a legal career. Forewarned is forearmed, they say...
Sally Laycock - Rising to the top
If I could offer any advice to prospective solicitors, I would say try and get a support role at a local firm, work your bum off and do your best to stand out.
Isla Grant - Money talks
Its feels as if economic considerations have never been more pressing – now, more than ever, you must give serious attention to the financial implications of pursuing a career in law.
Sasha Nicoletti - Why pro bono?
Too many of us leave university and the security of our '.ac.uk' email address with three years of hard work and hard play under our belts, but soon realise how unequipped we are to deal with the real world.
Emma Vartdal - My legal internship
I have had a very exciting summer working as a legal intern in London for a global energy company. I worked alongside the in-house legal team for a 10-week period and was fortunate enough to visit the head office in New York for Legal Intern Week.
Anna Williams - Is unwitting language butchery causing you to fail?
The journey to good writing will continue throughout your life - you just need to make the start.
Matt Broadbent - Good and bad technique - it's in the DNA
In my last post, I gave you the lowdown on why firms go to law fairs, and touched on the two kinds of conversation you can have with a firm: functional and conceptual. In this follow-up post, I will elaborate on why you're better off moving swiftly past the former and concentrating on the latter.
Matt Broadbent - On the road again
So it's that time again. I, like many law firm recruiters, am limbering up to hit the road for the law fair season.
Oliver Green - Making the most of your first year
In this blog I will share what I did to be proactive in my first year at university.
Isla Grant - Apprentice your way to a legal career
Legal apprenticeships have been big news over the past few months in the legal sector.
Josh Richman - How could Co-op law affect you?
The launch of the Co-operative Group's family law service on 20 September has further confirmed the inevitable and sweeping change that alternative business structures will effect on the legal services market and, in turn, high streets across the country.
Samuel Clague - Persistence pays off
I studied business, finance and economics at the University of Durham and then enrolled at The College of Law in Guildford for the GDL and LPC.
Isla Grant - This season's new look
Welcome back, one and all. We hope that it has not escaped your attention that LawCareers.Net is looking especially snazzy in A/W 2012.
Tom Whittaker - Sorting your seats
As a trainee, seat planning is very important. It's the chance for you to get a better idea of which areas of law and departments you're interested in.
Anna Williams - Enter the bear tamers
The multibillion-pound Berezovsky v Abramovich case occupied the Commercial Court at the shiny new Rolls Building for many months, and last week Mrs Justice Gloster finally handed down her judgment.
Matt Broadbent - Pathways to more
At the end of last month I was privileged to attend the final presentations and gala dinner of the Pathways to Law programme's annual conference.
Anna Williams - We can be heroes
On the day after the Olympics' glorious opening ceremony, I bumped into Boris Johnson at the cinema in Islington. He was there to see Spiderman; I was there to see Batman.
Isla Grant - A sporting chance
The Olympics. There, I've said it. On the assumption that I'm not now being arrested for misappropriation of the Olympic brand, I thought it might be a good time to draw a few parallels between sporting endeavour and career success (and make timely use of a feature we published some years ago… ).
Matt Broadbent - If you want to see the legal future, read….Legal Futures
If you haven't yet realised that all sorts of weird and wonderful things are happening in the legal services market, it's time to wake up and get with the picture.
Nadine Rankin-Plant - Last-minute, late, looming, applications, training contract
Do any or all of these words ring a bell? The first two you don't want, the third relates to the fact that 31 July is looming, the next is what you have to complete, and the last is the ultimate goal.
Isla Grant - So many areas in which to improve, so little time
The ticking clock tocks ever louder as we near the big training contract deadline of the year and with some firms announcing that they're bringing their deadlines forward to accommodate absenteeism and low productivity during the Olympics, this is your moment.
Anna Williams - How to decode a law firm's website
My colleagues set me a challenge this week: show how to conduct research into a firm prior to submitting training contract application and do it by way of a case study.
Anna Williams - Why social mobility is hard wired into the legal profession
Former government minister Alan Milburn has been in the news this week publicising an update to his 2009 report on social mobility in the professions.
Sam Wilkinson - And so it begins
Sam is a paralegal at a top 100 law firm, who is back on the training contract hunt. He offers his view on what it's like out there dealing with applications and, inevitably, rejection.
Anna Williams - Is the minimum trainee salary furore a tempest in a teapot?
Having decided to blog about last week's decision by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to scrap the minimum trainee salary, I've looked for a fresh angle on the subject.
Sinead Dineen - CityLawLIVE Big Discussion: Part 2
Following on from my previous post about topics covered at the CityLawLIVE Big Discussion panel, I am now going to look at how to display work experience on an application form, what skills firms are looking for, how to make your application stand out, and dos and don'ts at interview.
Anonymous law student - Where is the feedback?
This week's blog post comes from a law student who describes some of the disappointment and frustration associated with inadequate post-interview feedback from firms.
Anna Williams - A student's guide to law firm collapse
Who doesn't feel an ache of sympathy for staff at recently collapsed international law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf? When any business implodes, ordinary people pay the price for mistakes made by management.
Matt Broadbent - ABS: what do they mean for trainee recruitment?
The other day a journalist called me up to ask what I thought the impact of alternative business structures might be on the recruitment of trainees in the legal sector.
Luke Murphy - Creating your own opportunities
Luke Murphy is a trainee at Clarke Willmott LLP and the Southampton representative of the South Hampshire Junior Lawyers Division. He describes a selection of ways in which you can create opportunities that may take you closer to a training contract.
Sinead Dineen - CityLawLIVE Big Discussion: Part 1
I recently attended the inaugural CityLawLIVE student conference in London. It was a very interesting and motivating event for those looking to find out more about a legal career in the City.
Kenzo Onumonu - The relationship between the legal sector and recruitment technology
If you've ever read the 'what we look for' sections in most graduate recruitment brochures, you'll typically have found a list of required competencies such as commercial awareness, strong academics and sound analytical ability.
Mike Jones - A career in law: one size fits all is a thing of the past
Mike Jones, chief executive of IV League Talent, believes there is a new paradigm for the career aspirations of successful lawyers, existing outside of partnership and firmly rooted in the post-alternative business structure environment.
Josh Richman - An easier Easter
Easter is upon us, bringing with it a much needed respite for stressed and exhausted students.
Allison Grant - International Women's Day: connecting girls, inspiring futures
Thursday 8 March 2012 marked the annual celebration of women's achievements as thousands of events took place worldwide for International Women's Day.
Josh Richman - On this week's Take 5
The latest theme of our Take 5 feature, which linked sets of chambers through their historically significant namesakes without deigning to provide the slightest detail or explanation about said namesakes, may have proven impenetrable to some.
Matt Broadbent - Making a case for a career at the Bar
As we are talking especially about the Bar this week, I thought we might try using the skills that are essential if one is to be a successful barrister to assess whether you have what it takes.
Isla Grant - A more socially mobile Bar?
The legal press was alive yesterday with news of the launch of a social mobility initiative designed to encourage into the profession those who might not have considered a career in the law by offering advice and a practical helping hand.
Mark Pentecost - Getting my training contract was "easy", says northernmost trainee
Getting my training contract was easy? Let me qualify that.
Isla Grant - CityLawLIVE: worth getting out of bed for
There has to be a pretty good reason to go to work at 7:00am on a Saturday, but for me, Saturday 25 February provided just that reason – I was part of the team from LawCareers.Net attending the CityLawLIVE student conference.
Josh Richman - The City's lack of diversity is being blown OPEN
LC.N was lucky enough to be invited to the OPEN event hosted at Linklaters earlier this month.
Josh Richman - Can't see the woods for the fees
The tripling of university course fees to £9,000 per year at many institutions has been the subject of much debate recently.
Matt Broadbent - Business development begins at home
Yes, now you can turn all your disgraceful uni mates into CA$H!
Anna Williams - Do we want what is fair or what is legal?
Do our law makers have the wisdom and foresight to tackle the big questions our society now faces? And, just as important, can they assert their authority over the 'Court of Public Opinion'?
Anna Williams - CityLawLIVE update
If you received an offer of a delegate place at the CityLawLIVE conference and you have yet to accept it then don't let the chance slip away.
Anna Williams - Application SOS!
Today is the day you could save your future. You need help, and fast!
Josh Richman - Joe blogs along with everyone else
From top to bottom, the legal world is embracing an increasingly established online culture.
Anna Williams - How to tackle a phone interview
Some employers conduct initial interviews by phone, and just as in a face-to-face scenario, good preparation enables good performance. With vac scheme application deadlines approaching, why not prime yourself for the possibility of one?
Matt Broadbent - New Year's resolutions for successful candidates
The new year is here already, with all the hopes of renewal, a fresh start and really getting things together. But beware - time has a habit of slipping away, so make sure you take action NOW!
Anna Williams - Eurozoned out
I try to keep on top of developments in the eurozone, but it's complicated. Part farce, part black comedy, part horror flick; the plot unfolds with predictable unpredictability.
Anna Williams - A rush down under
I was pleased to congratulate an old friend at Ashurst on his firm's recent merger agreement with established Australian firm Blake Dawson.
Josh Richman - A side order of business to go with your law degree?
For many savvy students, 'commercial awareness', on first hearing, may just sound like another irritating dollop of corporate jargon.
Matt Broadbent - The shape of things to come?
Travelling around the law fairs each Autumn is always a good way for the LawCareers.Net team to gauge what is happening in the recruitment market.
Isla Grant - Bar humbug?
"It's tough", you hear. "What's new?", you say. Well, when it comes to practising at the Bar, there's quite a lot that is new and, moreover, things really are tougher than ever.
Sinead Dineen - An interview is a two-way conversation
Not only are candidates forgetting the basics when applying for a job, they are also making mistakes in how they approach an interview.
Josh Richman - Let's go to the fair
It's been a busy first few weeks in my new post - not just for the LC.N team, but for aspiring lawyers as well.
Isla Grant - A proponent of pro bono
It's a bit of a no-brainer; getting involved with pro bono projects gives you the chance to get practical experience, while helping individuals who may not otherwise have access to legal advice. What's not to like?
Matt Broadbent - Some learnt from something tort
Every year, Ince and Co awards student tort law prizes in a lavish event held in their London offices.
Claire Butler - Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Visit LC.N Towers this week and you'll be met by a sorry sight. Follow the trail of tear-sodden Kleenex and you'll find the melancholy LC.N team - unwashed, eating cold Pot Noodles and weeping uncontrollably.
Sinead Dineen - Focus on your applications
You may think that you've heard all about common application mistakes before but trust me they are worth hearing again - these warnings are not being heeded!
Anna Williams - My social addiction
I'm a Twittaholic. I also do Facebook, LinkedIn and a bit of Google+.
Isla Grant - The first law of attraction
It's crowded. And it's hot. And everyone's trying to secure the same sun lounger.
Claire Butler - Time working-class kids were PRIME candidates?
While women and black and ethnic minorities have increasingly come to populate the legal profession, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds are still woefully underrepresented.
Matt Broadbent - Red or Black
I was reading about Simon Cowell's new game show, Red or Black, this week.
Anna Williams - In praise of private client law
The Law Society has published a useful brochure about careers in private client law.
Isla Grant - Come on in; the blogging's fine!
Blogging: it's come a long way from its formative days, where it seemed merely to be an opportunity for opinionated self-promoters to force themselves onto the online community.
Anna Williams - Where in the world would you be prepared to work?
Ex-BP Chief Exec Tony Hayward (of Gulf Oil Spill demonization fame) has recently invested in a company called Genel, which has struck an exploration deal in the oilfields of Kurdistan in Northern Iraq.


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Thursday, 02 January 2014 00:00
Marilyn A. Benson passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 23 at her Windemere Home on Martha's Vineyard, where she lived close to her daughter Lisa.
Marilyn had a long and distinguished career in Long Island Community Newspapers as an advertising executive. She was passionate in her desire for locally owned businesses to thrive on Long Island and worked tirelessly toward that goal.
From 1996 to 2010 she was an enthusiastic advertising account executive here at Anton Community Newspapers. She took special interest and pride in the Great Neck Record, the Glen Cove Record Pilot, the Roslyn News and the Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot. Marilyn especially appreciated an enduring relationship with our publisher, Angela Anton.
From 1986 to 1996 Marilyn published her own magazine, Boulevard. It was a publication that engaged all her creative talent and passion for publishing: from layout to editorial to printing. Boulevard was enormously satisfying for her and during that time she was recognized for her work with the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce, the New York State Assembly and other civic organizations, receiving various awards, including the Jesse Markell Award, the Leo Friend Award, the Great Neck Plaza Award, the Nassau County United Chamber Community Award and the ORT Achievement Award.
Marilyn delighted in her relationships with local merchants and civic organizations of Long Island. She enjoyed attending her Great Neck High School reunions. She loved trips to visit family in Chapel Hill North Carolina, as well as family and friend gatherings at her home in Old Brookville.
Marilyn would probably best wish to be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and aunt. She is survived by her daughter Lisa, son Cort, her grandchildren Nicole, Melanie, Ned, Jonathan, Kristen, and Drew, nieces Leigh Anne, Diana, Karen and Jennifer, grand-niece Lucy, grand-nephews Robert, Ezra and Levi, and her sister-in-law Marion Rayve. Marilyn was predeceased by her lovely daughter Linda, her sister Priscilla Levine and her brother Edward Rayve. We will miss her unconditional love and unflagging support and encouragement.
A memorial service will be held at St. Mary's Church in Roslyn, to be announced at a later date.
Thursday, 23 October 2014 00:00
The Oyster Bay community paid tribute to award winning journalist Marie Colvin at Oyster Bay High School on Saturday, Oct. 11. The school library was officially dedicated in her name and a portrait of the journalist who died on the frontlines in Syria in 2012 was proudly displayed at the entrance of the library. The event was put together by members of the Oyster Bay class of 1974 who held their 40th class reunion over the weekend.
Oyster Bay High School Principal Dennis O'Hara gave a short speech in honor of Colvin's name. Nassau County legislators Judi Jacobs and Donald MacKenzie also gave speeches, along with Colvin's sister, Catherine Colvin, and Donna Fiore-Houman, who helped coordinate the event. Both were members of the class of '74. Founding dean of the School of Journalism at Stony Brook University, Howard Schneider, also gave a small speech at the end of the ceremony.
Saturday, 18 October 2014 00:00
Some people deserve a long obituary: in a way, it is a tribute to the number of people's lives they have touched, so for Dottie Brandt, it is a given. A long line of mourners stretched down the street from the Francis P. DeVine Funeral Home, in Oyster Bay, where Dorothy R. Brandt, known to everyone as "Dottie," was laid to rest, soon after her death on Friday, Sept. 12.
Dottie was a beautiful woman that age couldn't change. When your warmth, spirit and love come from the inside, it keeps the outside looking bright and fresh. Dottie was always smiling, full of energy and always willing to help people.
Thursday, 16 October 2014 08:58
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The Little Generals (Peanuts) stepped out into the cold Sunday morning ready to give the home crowd a show as they battled the Bellmore Braves, and that's just what they did as the Generals beat the Braves 14-7. The teams battled to a first half tie as the Generals' touchdown came on a 26-yard run by Kody Gehnrich, thanks to great blocks by John (Jack) Grace and Jack Symanski.
In the second half, where the Generals are usually at their best, the defense shut out the Braves as Rodney Hill, Jr. and Brandon Babel stepped in on the defense line to create a great push to allow Francesco Allocca to make eight tackles. The offense got a big boost with Allocca being allowed to play RB after playing QB the past two games, and boy did he respond behind great lead blocking from Luca Granito. Allocca carried the ball nine times for 60 yards and a TD coming on the last play of the game.
Thursday, 16 October 2014 09:00
The Diane Whipple Foundation with the cooperation of Manhasset PAL, Manhasset School District and St. Mary's High School Athletic program has announced a premier College Division I Women's Lacrosse Scrimmage day on Saturday, Oct. 18.
Competing in this great event will be Columbia, Fairfield, Michigan, Sacred Heart, Stonybrook, UCONN, UMASS, and USC.
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Rafael Reza and Josephine Bailey have been charged with harboring and aiding Marcos Delgado -- on the run for 3 days after police say he killed Anna Vigil and wounded 3 other women.
KOB has learned Delgado was in touch with his family over the weekend as well.
According to his family, Delgado did reach out while he was on the run -- Delgado's cousin says he was planning to surrender.
"Have you been in contact, or anybody from your family in contact with (Marcos Delgado) during these three days he's been on the run?" asked KOB reporter Caleb James.
"I've been advised not to say, but there was contact," said Delgado's cousin Joseph Mendez. "He's been in contact with members of our family."
Mendez says while Delgado was on the run, he reached out to family.
"Yesterday he contacted one of our family members and he wanted to negotiate a surrender," said Mendez.
Mendez described Delgado's state of mind after he says he admitted to killing Anna Vigil -- the mother of his 4 year old child -- after learning she was with another man.
"He was very hurt," said Mendez. "He stated he was very hurt. It broke him as a man."
Mendez first suggested Delgado had spoken to multiple family members as cops looked for him. He later said it was just one -- another cousin who works for a law firm.
"You know, come to some sort of an agreement I'm sure," said Mendez. "Some safe place. Some safe, you know. Some safe place."
APD tells KOB no one contacted them about a proposed surrender -- the department said Tuesday morning Delgado fired at a group of officers, and then killed himself with a single gunshot.
"I'm not sure how many times he came in contact with any family members, but we all wanted him as we discussed it, we all wanted him to turn himself in," said Mendez.
But according to investigators, there was at least one discouraging message from someone Delgado text-messaged on Monday.
"Brother," Delgado wrote, "should I turn myself in."
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"Do you think it's possible that someone from the family was helping him out during that time?" asked James, during an extensive interview with Mendez on Tuesday.
"You asked me that. You have asked me that. I assure you that nobody was," he said.
Mendez insisted several times throughout the interview that the family of Delgado does not believe he killed himself early Tuesday morning.
Investigators on scene say Delgado died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound beneath his chin.
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