Jim Crogan

Feds Indict Suspect in Prison Murder of JDL’s Krugel

Published on July 23, 2006

Krugel had been transferred to the Federal Corrections Institute (FCI) Phoenix, a medium security prison, just three days before the assault. To date, there is no indication that Krugel and Jennings knew each other.

Feds Indict Suspect in Murder of JDL’s Krugel

Published on July 23, 2006

Almost nine months after the brutal prison-yard slaying of Earl Krugel, the longtime No. 2 man in the Jewish Defense League (JDL), federal authorities have indicted an inmate with no apparent ties to Krugel.

Suit Filed Over Police Shooting of Israeli

Published on February 23, 2006

Police claim Deri was a suspect in a multiagency task force investigation into drug-trafficking, gangs and organized crime. But Jarchi insisted their claims are absurd.

JDL’s Krugel Killed in Phoenix Prison

Published on November 10, 2005

If Earl Krugel stood for anything, it was the principle that Jews should never retreat, never back down from a hostile world. The former Jewish Defense League (JDL) stalwart and his cohorts vocally, provocatively and sometimes violently fought back over decades of political activism.

Krugel Gets 20 Years for Bomb Plot

Published on September 29, 2005

The proceedings brought an apparent close to a case that briefly riveted national attention in the immediate wake of the terrorist attacks by Islamic extremists on Sept. 11, 2001.

Dad Fights to Keep Child’s Killer in Jail

Published on August 18, 2005

Armed with stacks of petitions and fueled by the anger and sadness he's carried ever since his daughter, Robbyn Sue Panitch, was brutally murdered by a deranged, homeless man, 81-year-old Allan Panitch returned to Los Angeles recently to gather signatures for his campaign to block her killer's parole.

Suspect Indicted in Murder of JDL’s Krugel

Published on November 29, 1999

Almost nine months after the brutal prison-yard slaying of Earl Krugel, the longtime No. 2 man in the Jewish Defense League (JDL), federal authorities have indicted an inmate with no apparent ties to Krugel.

The suspect, David Frank Jennings, 30, allegedly attacked Krugel from behind with a piece of concrete hidden in a bag while Krugel was using an exercise machine at a federal prison in Phoenix.