Find Your Valentine
Slog
News & ArtsMonday, November 30, 2009
Crime UPDATED: Family May Be Trying to Help Suspect Avoid Capture
Posted by Dominic Holden on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:54 PM
KIRO:
The sources said they suspect Maurice Clemmons' friends and family are trying to throw investigators off his trail as the 37-year-old tries to avoid capture.Ever since Clemmons was named as a suspect in the fatal shooting of the Lakewood officers, police agencies have been inundated with calls and tips. Detectives said they now believe some false leads came from people trying to buy Clemmons time by keep search teams busy.
UPDATE 5:54 PM: The Seattle Times has a more authoritative report:
Maurice Clemmons has been getting help and shelter from friends and relatives since shortly after the Sunday morning shooting deaths of four Lakewood police officers, authorities have concluded."Basically, there's no way that he could be doing this by himself; he was shot in the abdomen," said Sheri Badger, Pierce County spokeswoman at the incident command center.
Also frustrating to law-enforcement officers is that Clemmons reportedly told acquaintances the night before the attack to "watch the news" because he was going to "kill cops.""
1
I am fixin to lose my tiny mind.
I hope these incredibly stupid, misguided people, if they exist, suffer tremendously for aiding a murderer of police.
I hope these incredibly stupid, misguided people, if they exist, suffer tremendously for aiding a murderer of police.
2
can't imagine why - it's not like the cops will gun him down ... oh wait.
if he was smart he'd head across the border
if he was smart he'd head across the border
3
Does that include the parents of the girl he molested?
How do you not cut a child molesting, psycho murderer out of your family?
How do you not cut a child molesting, psycho murderer out of your family?
5
It's not the right thing to do by any stretch, but his family undoubtedly figure he's as good as dead when police catch up to him. The mother is always the last person to be relieved of her denial.
7
I hope the family gets to spend some quality time with him in the prison yard, if this is true. Aiding and abetting is a serious crime. Or maybe they would all like bus tickets back to Arkansas?
8
@5: part of his appeal in Arkansas was that his mother died before seeing him rehabilitated, and that was what spurred him to appeal to Huckabee. Fuck everyone involved with this situation: his friends, his family, Huckabee, the parole board that went against judges' and prosecutors' recommendations and let him out, and fuck the judge in WA who didn't set an insanely high bail amount for him in the child-rape case.
13
Anyone helping this guy evade capture should have all their pertinent info (address, place of employment, ph #, email address) posted online along with a photo of them and the public should make their life hell. They are not simply helping to stop justice they are putting ALL of our lives in danger. I hope if he is getting help from people he turns the gun on them. Given how crazy he is that is unlikely.
Advertisement
Most Commented on Slog
-
SL Letter of the Day: Pill The Homos! by Dan Savage
-
Dear Huffington Post... by Dan Savage
-
The Rick Santorum Rally in Tacoma Probably Could Have Gone Better by Paul Constant
-
Because Guns Make Us More Safer by Goldy
-
Slog Bible Study: Deuteronomy 21:10-14 by Goldy
-
Because Guns Make Us Safer by Goldy
-
Gay Kids Are Still Killing Themselves by Dan Savage
-
Gregoire: "This is signed!" by Eli Sanders
-
Prospecting Science by Charles Mudede
-
Google Briefly Acknowledges the Existence of Gay Couples—and Princess/Frog Couples—on Valentine's Day by Dan Savage
RSS
Facebook
Twitter
Comments (13) RSS