Posted on 11/06/2004 10:09:42 AM PST by valerino
Representative-elect's son arrested in tire slashings By JOHN DIEDRICH jdiedrich@journalsentinel.com
The 25-year-old son of newly elected congresswoman Gwen Moore was arrested Friday by Milwaukee police and later released in connection with the election day slashing of tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party, according to police records.
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde, also known as Supreme Solar Allah, arrived at the Milwaukee police administration building Friday morning with his attorney, was arrested at 9 a.m. and held in the police holding facility for several hours before being released, according to records.
Omokunde is one of three suspects who had been arrested as of late Friday.
Opel E. Simmons III, 33, a veteran Democratic Party activist from Virginia, was arrested Tuesday and released Thursday without being charged. A 24-year-old man was arrested Friday afternoon in the same case, a police source said.
Investigators want to talk to Michael Pratt, son of former acting Mayor Marvin Pratt, who led Sen. John Kerry's Milwaukee campaign, but have not summoned him yet, police sources said. Michael Pratt could not be reached for comment.
David Feiss, the Milwaukee County assistant district attorney who is handling the case, said he had not received any reports yet and the investigation is continuing.
"There are a number of individuals, local and not local, who we are attempting to contact," Feiss said.
He said several of the suspects have hired attorneys. After talking to suspects, police will release them, he said. If there are charges, Feiss said, their attorneys will be contacted to arrange for them to come to court.
Omokunde, who lives with Moore, a Democrat elected to Congress on Tuesday, was not available for comment, according to a man who answered the phone at Moore's home.
Omokunde's attorney, Robin Shellow, said he was booked by police and released, but declined to comment further.
Shellow said she called police to arrange for Omokunde to come in.
"If the police are looking for one's client, you pick up the phone and say (to police), 'What would you like us to do, and how could we make your job easier?' . . . That's the way responsible families handle it."
On Tuesday morning, 27 tires on 20 cars and vans rented by the Republican Party to carry voters to the polls were slashed. The vehicles were parked in the 7100 block of W. Capitol Drive.
A security guard reported seeing a man running from the scene that morning, police said. Tuesday night, police arrested Simmons, who was in town drumming up support for the Kerry campaign.
MILWAUKEE -- WISN 12 News has learned that police want to question the relatives of two local Democratic politicians in connection with Election Day vandalism.
Twenty vans that the Republican Party had rented to take people to the polls had their tires slashed this week.
A police source told 12 News a man from Virginia was arrested on Tuesday.
WISN 12 News learned that he works for the Democratic Party in that state.
He was released from custody Thursday and will not be charged.
WISN 12 News did not identify the people police are looking for because they have not been charged.
The Democratic Party in Richmond, Va., would not comment.
The vandals would be charged with criminal damage to property, but they could also face federal charges if prosecutors can prove they broke election laws by influencing peoples' right to vote.http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/3894795/detail.html
Sounds like your typical Liberal Democrat base to me.... 25 years old, fatherless, living with mother, taking on crazy names and "religions" and committing crimes against the society that supports their worthless asses...
Time to cull the herd...
Semper Fi
Can't help you w/ a Republican but Milwaukee had a Socialist Mayor during the 40's. Not real sure but I think his name was Frank Zeitler. Served a couple of terms. Milwaukee (& SE Wisconsin) has a long history of left-of-center politics. For years they have tried to hide by calling themselves "independents" but they still walk like a duck.
Regards,
GtG
Mil.freepin.waukee has no law..
What no bail? Since when is a vandal able to do thousands of dollars worth a property damage without a bail amount? Releasing these kids ROR is just more partisanship.
Thanks, but with a name like "Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde" a photo wasn't really necessary.
It's no wonder Milwaukee has turned into such a S***hole with that line up and Somoli immigration. The days of the beer keg lifting "Crusher" who put Milwaukee on the map are long gone.
Chip off the old block.
This is the type of crime that should be felony. This was deliberate attempt to disenfranchise voters and undermine the voting process. This punk should serve hard time.
at least he wasn't named after kitchen or bathroom solvents...or anything else within eyesight of the maternity ward.
There was no picture of Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde only the mother of Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde, newly elected congresswoman Gwen Moore.
FYI
River Rat said, "Sounds like your typical Liberal Democrat base to me.... 25 years old, fatherless, living with mother, taking on crazy names and "religions" and committing crimes against the society that supports their worthless asses...
Time to cull the herd..."
Islander says: Truer words were never spoken!
I think so too. It smells like fascism to me. I first got a whiff when I saw Howard Dean and his Orange Hat followers. Though they were not violent the mind set was similar.
Sounds like a story Matt Drudge might enjoy....;)
I used to like going on 'liberty' in Mil. in the early 60's when I was stationed at Great Lakes. It used to be a nice town, with a good USO. Sorry to hear how it's evolved.
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