Kidnapping suspects reject plea offers
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sussex County, N.J. -- Three of the five Vernon County men charged in a strange 2010 kidnapping case were in court again yesterday. Lonnie Swarnes, Douglas Stangeland and William Barger all made an appearance in a Sussex County, N.J., Superior Court room on Monday, in connection with the bungled kidnapping case of New Jersey pet food dealer Jeffrey Muller.