NJ’s Most Wanted: 14 Fugitives State Police Want to Find

Here are photos and descriptions of 14 suspects among the New Jersey State Police's most wanted fugitives. They include several suspects from South Jersey.

Kurt Young of Dennis Township

Kurt Young from Dennis Township, a former NJ corrections officer, never appeared in court to face charges of paying for sex with a trafficked minor. He's been on the lam since.

Young's co-defendants, Derek V Ross of Atlantic City and Tiffany N. Davis of Egg Harbor Township, were tried and convicted in 2023.

Derrick Ross admitted that he brought the 14-year-old victim to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City in November 2019.

Ross thought he was connecting with a patron who answered an online ad for an escort, but it was really an undercover investigator.

Tiffany Davis testified that Young paid her and Ross to bring the teen to his Dennis Township house for sex, authorities said.

The child picked out Young from a photo lineup and was able to describe his home in detail, according to a criminal complaint.

John Schlump From Woodbine

On Dec. 2, 2005, Schlump, now 75, booby-trapped his Woodbine log cabin with gasoline, firewood, fuses, and flares, New Jersey State Police say.

When his wife, Patricia Barnes, arrived home, he allegedly beat her and tied her up with duct tape and nylon cord. Schlump never showed up for his court date.

A New Jersey court has declared John Schlump deceased. However, he is still considered a fugitive by State Police.