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Saw Creek Fatal Shooting
Teen charged in Saw Creek fatal shooting was honor roll student
By Beth Brelje
Pocono Record Writer
September 07, 2007 6:00 AM
BUSHKILL — A lust for guns was the motive for the Aug. 24 home invasion at Saw Creek Estates that turned to murder, according to police.
Cameron Arthur Harinarain, 18, of Saw Creek, Lehman Township, was arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting death of retired New York City corrections officer Barry James Rose, 47.
Harinarain is a 2007 graduate of East Stroudsburg High School-North and was on the school's honor roll.
He is being held in Pike County Correctional Facility, accused of second-degree murder. But it is not clear who pulled the trigger at around 2 a.m. that day.
According to the criminal complaint, Harinarain gave the following account of events:
There was a conversation between two people about a house that had guns. Harinarain and the two other people arranged to meet at Fernwood Hotel and Resort.
From there, they went to Harinarain's home in Saw Creek, where one of the other people showed him a 9 mm handgun.
Harinarain told state police at Blooming Grove that a woman drove him and the two others to the back gate of Saw Creek, and the three walked to Rose's home on Bexhill Court.
Harinarain said he and one of the others wanted to turn back, but the third person did not want to. That person led them through a basement window and into the home.
The three went upstairs and encountered Rose's daughter, Danielle.
Danielle Rose told police the intruders were dressed in dark-colored clothes and concealed their faces with clothing.
One of the intruders told her that it was a robbery and that no one would get hurt. She asked them not to hurt her father.
Harinarain told police someone pointed a gun in Danielle Rose's face. He told the person holding the gun not to do that, and that person told Rose to wake her father and walked down the hall with her.
The three intruders each went to hide in adjacent rooms, but Barry James Rose saw one of them as his bedroom door opened. He shot at the person.
The intruder returned fire and Danielle Rose heard her father fall to the floor. The three intruders then fled from the home. Danielle Rose saw her father bleeding from his head, and he did not respond to her. She called 911.
Harinarain told police he hid in the bathroom at the time of the shooting. He heard shots fired and breaking glass, then someone screamed and he ran out the door.
Once outside, Harinarain asked one of the intruders what happened. Harinarain said the other intruder explained that Rose had shot at him, so he shot back.
Harinarain was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Jay Rose in Hawley and charged with one count each of second- and third-degree murder, in addition to robbery and burglary charges. He was ordered held without bail at Pike County Correctional Facility.
Police are still investigating the case, and more arrests may be imminent. Anyone with information is asked to call (570) 226-5723. Confidential calls will be accepted.
Saw Creek Fatal Shooting
Teen charged in Saw Creek fatal shooting was honor roll student
By Beth Brelje
Pocono Record Writer
September 07, 2007 6:00 AM
BUSHKILL — A lust for guns was the motive for the Aug. 24 home invasion at Saw Creek Estates that turned to murder, according to police.
Cameron Arthur Harinarain, 18, of Saw Creek, Lehman Township, was arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting death of retired New York City corrections officer Barry James Rose, 47.
Harinarain is a 2007 graduate of East Stroudsburg High School-North and was on the school's honor roll.
He is being held in Pike County Correctional Facility, accused of second-degree murder. But it is not clear who pulled the trigger at around 2 a.m. that day.
According to the criminal complaint, Harinarain gave the following account of events:
There was a conversation between two people about a house that had guns. Harinarain and the two other people arranged to meet at Fernwood Hotel and Resort.
From there, they went to Harinarain's home in Saw Creek, where one of the other people showed him a 9 mm handgun.
Harinarain told state police at Blooming Grove that a woman drove him and the two others to the back gate of Saw Creek, and the three walked to Rose's home on Bexhill Court.
Harinarain said he and one of the others wanted to turn back, but the third person did not want to. That person led them through a basement window and into the home.
The three went upstairs and encountered Rose's daughter, Danielle.
Danielle Rose told police the intruders were dressed in dark-colored clothes and concealed their faces with clothing.
One of the intruders told her that it was a robbery and that no one would get hurt. She asked them not to hurt her father.
Harinarain told police someone pointed a gun in Danielle Rose's face. He told the person holding the gun not to do that, and that person told Rose to wake her father and walked down the hall with her.
The three intruders each went to hide in adjacent rooms, but Barry James Rose saw one of them as his bedroom door opened. He shot at the person.
The intruder returned fire and Danielle Rose heard her father fall to the floor. The three intruders then fled from the home. Danielle Rose saw her father bleeding from his head, and he did not respond to her. She called 911.
Harinarain told police he hid in the bathroom at the time of the shooting. He heard shots fired and breaking glass, then someone screamed and he ran out the door.
Once outside, Harinarain asked one of the intruders what happened. Harinarain said the other intruder explained that Rose had shot at him, so he shot back.
Harinarain was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Jay Rose in Hawley and charged with one count each of second- and third-degree murder, in addition to robbery and burglary charges. He was ordered held without bail at Pike County Correctional Facility.
Police are still investigating the case, and more arrests may be imminent. Anyone with information is asked to call (570) 226-5723. Confidential calls will be accepted.