Posted on 03/19/2009 4:06:12 PM PDT by iowamark
DES MOINES - A Cedar Rapids man, apparently at the State Capitol Thursday with a union group, was arrested after a lobbyist caught him trying to steal women's wallets.
Marshall Clemons, 38, of Cedar Rapids, was arrested by the Iowa State Patrol and charged with two counts of fifth-degree theft.
Lt. Mark Logsdon of the Iowa State Patrol's Post 16 said lobbyist Jim Henter spied Clemons reaching into a woman's bag and retrieving a billfold.
Henter followed Clemons and stopped him, Logsdon said. Clemons gave the woman back the money that was in the billfold and then went to a recycling bin and pulled out the billfold he had discarded there, according to Logsdon.
Clemons then went to the men's restroom where he tried to flush away another woman's billfold, Logsdon said.
Both billfolds and their contents were recovered.
Such cases at the Capitol are rare even though lobbyists' belongings and displays from various groups are out in the open, Logsdon said.
"We're really pretty lucky. We have a good presence in there. We have troopers that are posted in the Capitol" as well as security officers that man the metal detectors, Logsdon said.
Logsdon said he was told that Clemons was a part of the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU.
"I think he did come down with a group of folks from Cedar Rapids," Logsdon said.
The union's Web site lists Clemons as a member of Local 199 and a custodian at a Cedar Rapids school. An announcement in August said Clemons would join now-Vice President Joe Biden and his family to watch the Democratic National Convention.
Biden also joined Clemons on the union's "Walk a Day in My Shoes" campaign, where the two repaired a boiler, swept floors and replaced air conditioning filters on school grounds.
Exactly.
Don’t steal - the government doesn’t like the competition.
Spose Biden wants to come and walk a day in Clemon’s shoes today? Wouldn’t that be rich. Maybe they can share a cell.
Who is the woman and child?
Wage per year ? Story poor edit. 2, No “trying” about it.
Service Employees International Union, or SEIU.
Pro legalization of illegal aliens to the question “What are the solutions to illegal immigration in America?”
Reasoning:
“Hard working, tax-paying immigrants who are living in this country should be given every opportunity to come forward, pay a fine, and earn legal status and a path toward citizenship. Successful reform mandates the most expansive earned legalization provisions that would make eligible the largest number of undocumented persons... The benefits of an expansive legalization program are clear: employer compliance with withholding requirements is best achieved by the highest level of participation in the legalization programs; people will come out of the shadows and be able to work at higher paying and more secure jobs; and families will be reunited.”
“Text of Letter to Senator Kennedy from SEIU Leaders - SEIU Announces Agenda for Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” www.seiu.org, Jan. 17, 2007
http://immigration.procon.org/viewsource.asp?ID=002734
“...caught him trying to steal women’s wallets.”
Why is this news?
He’s a Democrat. This is what they do. They are all thieves—every one of them.
Obviously the guy wants Geithner’s job.
Scale.
Thanks for the ping, Dog. I haven’t gotten all the way thru the article, so I don’t know if this link has been posted yet. It is a New conservative news site located in Iowa.
Thanks for the ping, Dog. I haven’t gotten all the way thru the article, so I don’t know if this link has been posted yet. It is a New conservative news site located in Iowa.
Sorry. The first post didn’t show up. So I posted it again. You know the rest of the story.
Girlfriend and her kids. I’ll bet they’re proud tonight.
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Friend of yours? ;O)
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