Jersey City man, serving life for rape of woman and daughter, convicted of another sex assault

By Anthony J. Machcinski/The Jersey Journal
October 01, 2013 at 5:08 PM

A Jersey City man currently serving a life sentence plus 40 years for the rape of a Jersey City woman and her teenage daughter has been convicted in a separate rape of another Jersey City woman, officials said.

Lamar Fields, 42, was convicted on Friday of four counts of aggravated sexual assault, criminal restraint, terroristic threats and burglary in the Sept. 3, 2010 attack on a 35-year-old Jersey City woman, officials said.

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Jersey City man sentenced to life plus 40 years for rape, robbery of girl, mother

By Anthony J. Machcinski/The Jersey Journal
May 03, 2013 at 2:40 PM

Lamar Fields, a Jersey City man convicted in March of the rape and robbery of a 17-year-old girl and her 65-year-old mother, was sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years this afternoon in Hudson County Superior Court.

Fields, 42, was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, child abuse, terroristic threats, burglary, robbery and weapons offenses relating to the early morning attack on Sept. 24, 2010.

Neither victim was present for Fields' sentencing, however, the mother sent in a written statement that was read by Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Najma Rana.

"Our lives have been turned inside out and upside down," the mother said in a statement. "We are both fearful... I cannot undo that morning, that day, that hour. Gone is the sense that all will be well. I awake at night frightened that evil lurks."

The mother added in a statement that her daughter still suffers nightmares and anxiety related to Fields' attacks.

On the morning of Sept. 24, 2010, Fields entered the victims' Bramhall Avenue home through the back door and brutally assaulted the daughter and her mother for roughly 30 minutes.

Defense attorney James Lisa fought against the life sentence, saying that the actions of his client "has no history of violence."

However, Rana countered, saying that the cases were "horrific" and that he caused "trauma, destruction and devastation worthy of a life sentence."

Rana added that Fields showed "no remorse" for his actions, and to prove her point she displayed a photo taken by a Jersey Journal photographer that shows Fields blowing a kiss to the camera.

Fields was given a life sentence and two consecutive 20-year sentences in the crime.

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Jersey City fugitive wanted in two rapes is caught hiding in closet in homeless shelter in Brooklyn, Hudson prosecutor says

Friday, October 01, 2010
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A fugitive wanted in two brutal Jersey City rapes was captured at a Brooklyn homeless shelter, where he was found hiding in a closet, officials told The Jersey Journal.

Lamar Fields, 40, of Jersey City, was arrested around midnight Wednesday by investigators from law enforcement agencies working on both sides of the Hudson River.

"The allegations portray a very dangerous predator," said Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio. "He clearly terrorized his victims and threatened to kill them."

Fields, who is accused of raping one woman at knifepoint and the second while wielding a fork, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Fugitive Task Force, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office's Special Victims Unit, and officers of the Jersey City and New York City police departments, DeFazio said.

"Since the last incident, he had been moving around to different locations in New York City," DeFazio said.

"We have reason to believe he had been in the Bronx, Manhattan and then finally Brooklyn."

Investigators got information that led to surveillance at and around the Brooklyn shelter, DeFazio said, adding that once inside, police found that Fields wasn't in his room and tracked him to a closet.

He was wanted in Hudson County on a probation violation charge as well as the new charges, including aggravated sexual assault, armed robbery, burglary and weapons offenses - the prosecutor said.

The first attack was on Sept. 3, when police say Fields, armed with a knife, entered a Kennedy Boulevard home through a window and sexually assaulted a woman, DeFazio said.

On Friday, Fields entered a Bramhall Avenue home through a back door and, armed with a fork, sexually assaulted the second woman, DeFazio said.

Witness accounts and forensic evidence collected at the crime scenes led to the positive identification of Fields following the most recent attack, DeFazio said.

Jersey City man wanted for two sex assaults in past month, authorities say

Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 12:34 PM
Patrick Villanova/The Jersey Journal

Lamar Fields, 40, is wanted for two sexual assaults in Jersey City over the past month, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said today.

Authorities are searching for a 40-year-old Jersey City man wanted for two sex assaults earlier this month in Jersey City, officials said today.

Arrest warrants have been issued for Lamar G. Fields, of Jersey City, who is wanted for sexual assault, robbery and burglary, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said.

DeFazio said that the victims in both early morning attacks did not know Fields, whose last known address was on Warner Avenue in 2007.

The first attack occurred on Sept. 3, when Fields entered a Kennedy Boulevard home through a window armed with a knife and sexually assaulted a woman, DeFazio said. On Friday, Fields entered a Bramhall Avenue home through a back door armed with a fork and sexually assaulted of a second victim, DeFazio said.

Fields stole items from both homes, although DeFazio declined to specify what was taken.

Witness accounts and forensic evidence collected at the two scenes led to the positive identification of Fields following the most recent attack, DeFazio said.

"We have various law enforcement agencies engaged in the search of Mr. Fields, including our Special Victims Unit," DeFazio said.

Fields was sentenced to probation in January 2008 for a burglary conviction. After failing to appear at a probation hearing in November that year, a warrant was issued for his arrest.DeFazio added that Fields is currently believed to be homeless.

"We think he may be using mass transit or staying in stations," DeFazio said. "We think he's in the metro area."The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force is currently involved in the search for the Jersey City fugitive, as are police from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit and Jersey City, DeFazio said.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Fields is encouraged to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit at (201) 915-1345.