Norfolk Male Escorts Murder Bombshell

[drmikefromct]

FUCK!!!! I though I was still catagorized as "jock"

 

gotta change it to "aging muscle" or some shit like that

[Guest ncm2169]

< I meant precisely because there are so many lurid angles

 

We see this case/matter in exactly the same way. :o It's absolutely fascinating, and I just hate to see Dateline dumb it down. x(

 

Let me take this opportunity to restate something I said about Kocis when I alluded to his "pedophile appetite." I should have used the word, "chicken," and I stand corrected. :*

[SAdler]

>FUCK!!!! I though I was still catagorized as "jock"

>

>gotta change it to "aging muscle" or some shit like that

 

I'd go with "Cut from Mt. Olympus"

[Guest zipperzone]

>We see this case/matter in exactly the same way. :o It's

>absolutely fascinating, and I just hate to see Dateline dumb

>it down.

 

The real hoot will be when Nancy Grace gets her hands on it....

[Guest EuropTravl]

>>and I just hate to see Dateline dumb

>>it down.

 

 

http://www.kruezeratnight.com/harlow-brent-beach.jpg

Oh, I agree. It'd be tragic if these two were dumbed-down!

[twinklover]

I'm truly surprised about how tame AKA lame this discussion has been.

 

http://julienpdx.blogspot.com/

 

http://elmysterio.blogspot.com/

 

http://www.kruezeratnight.com/

 

http://amurderisannounced.blogspot.com/

 

These blogs about murder and betrayal and all sorts of other nasty things will push Scott Adler's posts trying to justify his outrageous and exorbitant fees to the back burners.

[+ Gar1eth]

>I'm truly surprised about how tame AKA lame this discussion

>has been.

>

>http://julienpdx.blogspot.com/

>

>http://elmysterio.blogspot.com/

>

>http://www.kruezeratnight.com/

>

>http://amurderisannounced.blogspot.com/

>

>These blogs about murder and betrayal and all sorts of other

>nasty things will push Scott Adler's posts trying to justify

>his outrageous and exorbitant fees to the back burners.

 

 

Why would we need too? The story is already pretty freaking sensational as it is. There is no need to embellish it further.

 

I'll leave the comments about Scott's prices alone. I wouldn't touch that one with a 10 foot pole.

 

Gman

[alanalt]

>Why would we need too? The story is already pretty freaking

>sensational as it is. There is no need to embellish it

>further.

>

For DK, there is always a need to do that...

[N.N.]

"A team of assistant district attorneys filed notice they will seek the death penalty for homicide suspects Harlow Raymond Cuadra and Joseph Manuel Kerekes in the January slaying of gay porn producer Bryan Kocis. ..."

 

http://www.timesleader.com/news/20071002_02kocis_dw_ART.html

[+ ArVaGuy]

RE: Norfolk Male Escorts Murder Bombshell - Update 8/6/08

 

Here's an update on the Harlow Cuadra / Joseph Kerekes murder case. Found this link on JC Adams' Gay Porn Times. Looks like the prosecution is laying the ground work with the jury pool to get these boys convicted. This information had to be leaked to the paper and it certainly wasn't in the defence's interest to do such.

 

 

 

http://www.citizensvoice.com/articles/2008/08/04/news/wb_voice.20080804.t.pg5.cv04cdcuadrastory_s1.1854697_top3.txt

 

Since they were arrested in May 2007, accused killers Joseph Kerekes and Harlow Cuadra have attempted to place themselves in a number of locations at the time of Bryan Kocis’ murder in Dallas Township on Jan. 24, 2007 — from the Fox Ridge Motel in Plains Township, about 12 miles away, to their home in Virginia Beach, about 385 miles due south.

BY MICHAEL R. SISAK

STAFF WRITER

Published: Monday, August 4, 2008 4:08 AM EDT

Since they were arrested in May 2007, accused killers Joseph Kerekes and Harlow Cuadra have attempted to place themselves in a number of locations at the time of Bryan Kocis’ murder in Dallas Township on Jan. 24, 2007 — from the Fox Ridge Motel in Plains Township, about 12 miles away, to their home in Virginia Beach, about 385 miles due south.

 

Cuadra, 26, and Kerekes, 34, both of Virginia Beach, Va., are accused of slashing the neck of Kocis, a rival producer of gay pornographic films, and stabbing his torso nearly 30 times and later setting fire to his Midland Drive home.

 

They face the death penalty and are scheduled to stand trial together beginning Sept. 2.

 

In actions and conversations, they tried independently and jointly to create fail-safe alibis and failed at every turn, foiled by prosecution evidence, technology and logic.

 

Last week, attorneys for Cuadra filed a notice of potential alibi stating he might claim he was at the Fox Ridge Inn at the time Kocis was killed — a claim similar to an alibi being considered by Kerekes.

 

Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. said he would likely rule by Aug. 12 on a number of pre-trial motions, including requests by both defense teams to suppress potentially incriminating evidence and to have separate trials for Cuadra and Kerekes.

 

Ultimately, barring a plea agreement, a case dismissal or the defendants’ demise, a jury will decide whether Cuadra and Kerekes are guilty or innocent. For now, the question remains, what of their mutual and mutually exclusive defenses is fact and what is fiction.

 

These are their stories, with details on how they surfaced and how the evidence stacks up against them.

 

Harlow Cuadra

 

At the motel, no witnesses

 

Alibi: In a notice of possible alibi filed last week, Cuadra’s attorneys, Stephen Menn and Michael Senape, said Cuadra could claim he was in Room 211 of the Fox Ridge Motel in Plains Township at the time of Kocis’ killing.

 

The one-page notice listed no witnesses who could potentially corroborate Cuadra’s alibi story, but the attorneys did reserve the right to list witnesses on future supplemental filings.

 

Kerekes’ attorneys filed a similar notice in January and listed potential witnesses from Internet companies to support a theory that he stayed at the motel, sending e-mail messages and viewing Web sites, while Cuadra visited Kocis.

 

Neither notice indicated Cuadra and Kerekes were together at the motel.

 

Evidence: Cuadra and Kerekes shared vivid details about Kocis’ killing in conversations recorded by investigators in San Diego in April 2007.

 

Cuadra and Kerekes met with Grant Roy, a former suspect turned informant, and Sean Lockhart, Roy’s lover and business partner.

 

Lockhart had acted in gay pornographic films produced by Kocis’ company, Cobra Video. He and Roy had been engaged in a lawsuit over the use of his stage name, Brent Corrigan.

 

A settlement reached on Jan. 18, 2007, less than a week before the killing, allowed Lockhart to star in movies not involving Cobra Video, in exchange for a payment of 20 percent of the proceeds to Cobra.

 

Roy asked Cuadra and Kerekes if Kocis felt any pain as he was being killed. After a few moments of silence, Cuadra leaned toward Lockhart and said quietly, “Don’t worry, he went quick.”

 

Cuadra offered more details the next day, as he walked with Kerekes, Roy and Lockhart along a nude beach in the La Jolla section of San Diego. Roy captured the conversation with a recording device hidden in a car key remote.

 

“Actually seeing that (expletive) going down, actually it’s sick, but it made me feel better inside,” Cuadra said, referring to Kocis.

 

“It almost felt like I got revenge and I know that sounds (expletive) up.”

 

Cuadra first contacted Kocis via e-mail two days before the killing, posing as an inexperienced actor from the Philadelphia area named Danny Moilin.

 

Cuadra created an e-mail address for the Moilin character and activated a pre-paid cell phone used only to contact Kocis. Cuadra sent photographs to Kocis and requested that they meet to discuss a possible role in a future film project.

 

Cuadra said during the meeting Kocis had been critical of Lockhart, referring to him as “a little bitch” and “the product.”

 

Kerekes said Cuadra and Kocis each had a glass of wine during the meeting and stated he believed that Cuadra “slipped him something,” in his drink.

 

“Don’t feel too bad for him,” Cuadra told Lockhart.

 

“It’s what kind of made the

 

whole decision kind of easy, almost a little too easy,” Cuadra said. “I should have thought where all those fingers would have pointed, I remember looking at the press. I’m just glad this (expletive) is over.”

 

During the San Diego conversations, Cuadra and Kerekes described Kocis’ home — the design of his front door and the high-end home entertainment system he owned.

 

Cell phone data obtained by prosecutors also indicated Cuadra and Kerekes were in Kocis’ neighborhood at the time of the killing and witnesses reported seeing a silver Nissan Xterra rented by Cuadra at the Kocis home between 6:30 and 8:26 p.m.

 

The meeting between Cuadra and Kocis was scheduled for between 7 and 8 p.m. and Cuadra said he was expecting to arrive around 7:15 p.m.

 

The Dallas Fire Department was dispatched to the fire at Kocis’ home at 8:34 p.m.

 

Investigators found more links between Cuadra, Kerekes and the killing in a February search of the Virginia Beach, Va., home where the alleged killers lived, including two Sony digital video cameras that had been taken from Kocis’ home.

 

An escort call in Virginia

 

Alibi: Cuadra sent a handwritten note to acquaintance Nep Maliki last year, setting the story line for an alibi in which he claimed to be working as a male escort in Virginia at the time Kocis was killed.

 

Cuadra told Maliki, who works at a fast food restaurant in the Virginia Beach area, that they had met at Cuadra’s home on the morning of Jan. 24, 2007, the day Kocis was killed.

 

They were there for about an hour before they showered together and Maliki left, Cuadra said.

 

“I guess the thing we need to get clear is the time you came over,” Cuadra said in the note. “Did you work early that day after you saw me? At what time did you go into work that day? Please check with your work.”

 

The note, which Cuadra told Maliki was “for his eyes only,” was included as an exhibit in the prosecutors’ answer to an omnibus pretrial motion filed by Cuadra’s attorneys in March.

 

Cuadra asked former escort client Howard Hallford to corroborate the Maliki story in a May 2007 interview with police. Hallford agreed, but then backed off, saying he had only seen Cuadra once in a two-week span in mid- to late January 2007.

 

Evidence: The evidence, witnesses, cell phone data and e-mail records used to disprove the motel alibi placed Cuadra in Dallas Township around the time Kocis was killed.

 

The uncertainty and unwillingness of Maliki and Hallford to cooperate damaged any corroboration Cuadra may have received. Even if Cuadra and Maliki did meet the morning of Jan. 24 — a possibility muted by Cuadra and Kerekes’ arrival at the Fox Ridge Inn the night before — Cuadra still could have had time to make the seven-and-a-half hour drive from Virginia Beach to Kocis’ home.

 

Joseph Kerekes

 

Out of state, out of mind

 

Alibi: In a telephone conversation recorded by investigators while he was imprisoned at the Virginia Beach Correctional Facility, Kerekes explained to Renee Martin, an acquaintance and former neighbor who has been described by prosecutors as their business associate, that he planned to fight his arrest and eventual extradition to Luzerne County by claiming he was not in Pennsylvania when Kocis was murdered.

 

Evidence: Kerekes checked into the Fox Ridge Inn in Plains Township with Cuadra on Jan. 23, 2007, and showed a photo identification to the owner, Thakor Patel. Kerekes also indicated to Patel that the vehicle he and Cuadra had arrived in was gray with a Virginia registration. Cuadra rented a silver Nissan Xterra the previous morning from an Enterprise Rent-a-Car office in Virginia Beach, prosecutors said.

 

On the check-in slip, Kerekes noted that he was from Virginia and originally started to provide an address of “1028 Str,” before crossing it out and giving a different Virginia address, but with a Florida zip code, prosecutors said. Kerekes and Cuadra lived at 1028 Stratem Court in Virginia Beach.

 

‘Plan B’: a hypothetical alibi

 

Alibi: After they became disconnected, Kerekes called Martin back and said he was ready to confess the real story of what happened the night Kocis was killed. Martin sug-gested Kerekes tell the story in a hypothetical form — an alibi referred to by the defendants and prosecutors as “Plan B.”

 

“OK, once upon a time there was a gay escort couple that, ya know, once upon a time that thought maybe working with this movie producer would be good, whereas he, you know, he had access to other young stars that would enhance one of the two’s career, so they set up an appointment to meet,” Kerekes told Martin.

 

Kerekes said one of the men went to meet the producer while the other stayed in a hotel room. The hypothetical story matches up to Cuadra visiting Kocis and Kerekes staying at the Fox Ridge Inn, prosecutors said.

 

“When he approached the home, obviously there had been an intrusion, and the door was open,” Kerekes said. “Hypothetically and supposedly then, he found what was there, and he, supposedly and hypothetically, ran and came back to the older one, which was in the hotel and they were scared.”

 

Evidence: The phone data obtained by prosecutors indicated Cuadra and Kerekes were in Kocis’ neighborhood at the time of the killing. Their own admissions in the San Diego conversations, as well as the other evidence used to disprove Cuadra’s motel alibi, show an intimate knowledge of the Kocis’ home and the events surrounding his death.

 

Staying in, sending e-mails

 

Alibi: Kerekes previously suggested he had been making an escort call, sending e-mails and visiting Web sites at the Fox Ridge Inn when the killing occurred.

 

Kerekes sent an e-mail to the alleged client, Matthew Brannon of Fayetteville, N.C., at-tempting to bolster his Fox Ridge Motel claim, four minutes after the fire at Kocis’ house was called in to 911 and 10 to 13 minutes after a neighbor witnessed the Nissan Xterra backing out of Kocis’ driveway, prosecutors said.

 

Evidence: Brannon, a computer expert, said he was not in Pennsylvania on Jan. 24, 2007, and adamantly denied to investigators being with Kerekes that night.

 

He said the e-mail from Kerekes could have been sent from anywhere using a mobile air card. State police confirmed continuous Internet connectivity is available throughout the area where Kocis’ house was located.

 

msisak@citizensvoice.com, 570-821-2061

 

 

 

 

Copyright © 2008 - The Citizens Voice

[Guest ncm2169]

One wonders whether Harlow is getting any action in Crowbar Hotel. I've seen 5 of his videos and, aside from my disapproval of barebacking on video (or otherwise), he is one hot motherfucker both as a top and a bottom. :P

[Philly Guy]

>One wonders whether Harlow is getting any action in Crowbar

>Hotel. I've seen 5 of his videos and, aside from my

>disapproval of barebacking on video (or otherwise), he is one

>hot motherfucker both as a top and a bottom. :P

 

I am sure he has a lot on his mind, other than sex. This whole story amazes me. Sean Lockhart aka Brent Corrigan must have one hell of Svengali Powers to drive those two assholes to commit that act. I know you are innocent until proven guilty but the evidence is pretty damning.

[fedssocr1]

from what I have read, Lockhart didn't have any idea that these two morons were planning to kill Kocis. But apparently Cuadra was obsessed with Lockhart and had some fantasy about the two of them working/being together. And apparently he thought he was doing something good for Lockhart by killing Kocis.

 

I can't believe this case hasn't been on Dateline yet. But I guess they are probably waiting for the trial. It has so many lurid details that you'd think tabloid TV would be all over it.

[Guest ncm2169]

In the meantime, Sean Lockhart aka Brent Corrigan has finally gotten his act together and gone to work for Dink Flamingo's newest venture, Dirty Bird Pictures.

 

http://dirtybirdpictures.com/

[fedssocr1]

and he appears as the "MerMan" in the new film Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild. Which is a terrible, not nearly as funny or good as the original sequel to Another Gay Movie.

 

So, I guess maybe he is trying to go legit.

[Guest ReturnOfS]

I can't help but to have sympathy for Harlow even if we end up finding out that he's guilty. From what I've seen on this site it looks like he was a good escort. Also, from what I've read on this site it looks like Kocis was a jerk who exploited underage boys. I could be wrong, but thats what Ive gotten from reading various posts about this incident on this site.

[Guest ncm2169]

From all I've read, and I've followed this pretty closely (online), that's an accurate take on the situation, ROS. But beyond that, it will have been a tragic waste of a major talent - Cuadra was on his way to creating a very successful porn biz, until (if he is guilty) he met his hubris head-on. x(

[seeker630]

If Cuadra did it, it appears to have been solely out of greed & the desire to advance his own business. Why would you feel sympathy for him? He didn't do it because Kocis was a jerk - he did it because he wanted to work with Corrigan, apparently. (IF he did.)

[Guest ReturnOfS]

>If Cuadra did it, it appears to have been solely out of greed

>& the desire to advance his own business. Why would you

>feel sympathy for him? He didn't do it because Kocis was a

>jerk - he did it because he wanted to work with Corrigan,

>apparently. (IF he did.)

 

If Cuadra did do it, I'm not yet convinced that it was or greed. Also, it appears that the overwhelming majority of posts on this subject have been against Cuadra. I am injecting balance.

[Guest ncm2169]

Umm, well, "balance" is always nice, but look at the alleged facts. If the "facts" are accurate, Cuadra and Kerkes are dead to rights. Now, do I wish it to be differently and have a jury find them not guilty, YES, OF COURSE. But just look at the facts. Probably not gonna happen. x(

[+ ArVaGuy]

RE: Norfolk Male Escorts Murder Bombshell - Guilty Plea

 

Interesting development in this case. Joseph Kerekes pleads guility and gets sentenced to life in prison. Then refuses to testify against Harlow Cuadra.

 

http://www.xbiz.com/news/glbt/102537

 

Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008 Text size:

WILKES-BARRES, Pa. — Joseph Kerekes has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Cobra Video producer Bryan Kocis. He was sentenced to the mandatory life in prison without parole. The plea spared Kerekes from facing the death penalty.

In addition to the murder charge, he pleaded guilty to additional charges of criminal conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to tamper with physical evidence, tampering with physical evidence, and theft.

 

Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. sentenced Kerekes, 34, to the mandatory life sentence plus a combined 56 to 112 months in state prison, and 24 months probation to be served consecutively to the life sentence.

 

The additional time is considered a formality to be taken into consideration should Kerekes petition for a pardon at a future date.

 

Co-defendant Harlow Cuadra, 27, is scheduled to go on trial Jan. 5.

 

According to one media report, Kerekes stated that “Cuadra had murdered Bryan Kocis and set his home ablaze.”

 

However, upon entering his plea, Kerekes refused to testify against Cuadra. “I absolutely will not testify for the state case against Harlow,” he told the court.

 

He additionally apologized to the Kocis family. “We will never forgive nor will we forget what Mr. Kerekes has done to this family,” said Michael Kocis, father of the victim.

 

Kerekes and Cuadra, both escorts, gay adult producers and website entrepreneurs, are accused of stabbing Kocis to death in January 2007 and setting fire to his Dallas Township, Pa. home.

 

They were arrested in May 2007 and formally charged two months later.

 

Police arrested the pair after allegedly finding evidence on Kocis’ computer that managed to survive the fire. Emails presented Cuadra as a new model who arranged to meet Kocis the night of his murder, according to court documents.

 

Investigators say the motive for Kocis’ murder was that he presented a roadblock between Cuadra and Kerekes working with popular gay star Brent Corrigan, who was under exclusive contract at the time.

 

Members of the defense and prosecution teams have not released statements as they have been enjoined by the judge from speaking to the press.

[Guest ncm2169]

RE: Norfolk Male Escorts Murder Bombshell - Guilty Plea

 

It's a pity. I followed, lurking from an online distance, the rise of their porn empire-to-be, both the escort service and the amateur porn site/videos. I was constantly impressed with their talents, and I think they could have made some really serious money.

 

What I don't understand is Kerekes not testifying against Cuadra, after the plea deal which keeps him locked up for life plus 28 bazillion years. What's with that? x(

[Guest EuropTravl]

<<Police arrested the pair after allegedly finding evidence on Kocis’ computer that managed to survive the fire.>>

 

There's a big lesson to be learned here for (you) future criminals.

[seeker630]

RE: Norfolk Male Escorts Murder Bombshell - Guilty Plea

 

I've followed the case with interest as well. I purchased some of their videos and several years ago tried to plan a weekend excursion to Norfolk to get together with some of their guys but they seemed pretty sketchy - they wouldn't commit to having anyone specific available for the weekend (less than a week in advance) and the explanations in their emails & phone conversations were inconsistent & suspect.

 

Interesting that Kerekes supposedly has said Cuadra did it but he won't testify against him. Maybe the emotional bond is still pretty strong?

[JT Brooklyn]

RE: Norfolk Male Escorts Murder Bombshell - Guilty Plea

 

Harlow the Hunk! I'm sure a few Jail Mates will want to "Bunk with the Hunk"! :9 :9 :9

 

Then again once Sentenced the Story will likely fade into History!