Roger Crona (a.k.a Jason von Straussenburg) Rest in Peace
Radio personality Paul Harvey died recently. Harvey’s signature line — “That’s the rest of the story” — applies perfectly to this follow-up about the recent death of Jason von Straussenbrg.
UC Santa Barbara student paper The Daily Nexus reports details of Jason’s life which was more colorful than we thought.
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One of Michigan’s most wanted fugitives, a man who evaded law enforcement for three and a half decades and worked at a UCSB lab under a false name for 14 of those years, passed away recently at the age of 62.
In 1972, Roger Lee Crona escaped from a corrections facility in Michigan. Crona, who had been serving time for several minor offenses, fled the Great Lake state and headed west, eventually settling in Goleta. Soon after, Crona assumed the identity of Jason Von Straussenburg and in 1994 he was hired as a lab technician on campus.
Last year, the law finally caught up to Crona.
In March, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. received an anonymous tip about Crona’s identity. He was arrested shortly thereafter, and following a lengthy process, Crona was extradited back to Michigan to finish out his time behind bars.
Roger Crona, a.k.a Jason von Straussenburg, may you rest in peace.