Clayton Lee WAAGNER
ESCAPE
ALIASES: Mike Buchanan, Roger Allan Clay, Roger Wagner, Allan Waagner
Posted on 11/29/2001 10:45:06 AM PST by Dane
Thursday November 29 2:26 PM ET
Anthrax Hoaxer On Most-wanted List
By KAREN GULLO, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Clayton Lee Waagner, one of the FBI (news - web sites)'s most-wanted fugitives, is a suspect in a string of anthrax hoax letters sent to abortion clinics, Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites) announced Thursday.
Ashcroft said the FBI had obtained information over the Thanksgiving holiday indicating Waagner had claimed responsibility for sending more than 280 letters sent to clinics across the United States.
The FBI considers Waagner ``extremely dangerous. He has survival skills and may be heavily armed,'' Assistant FBI Director Rueben Garcia said.
Ashcroft called Waagner a ``self-described anti-abortion warrior.''
Scores of family-planning clinics in at least 12 states have received letters containing anthrax threats, according to officials of feminist and abortion-rights organizations.
The Feminist Majority Foundation said more than 450 clinics and advocacy organizations received letters in envelopes carrying white powder and letters signed by ``the Army of God.''
None of the powder sent to the clinics has tested positive for anthrax.
Waagner, 44, an escaped inmate from Illinois, was placed the FBI's ``Ten Most Wanted Fugitives'' list in September.
He escaped in February from a Clinton, Ill., jail where he was awaiting sentencing on federal firearms and auto theft convictions. He also is being sought for a Pennsylvania bank robbery, firearms violations in Tennessee and a carjacking in Mississippi.
Police said that on Sept. 7 Waagner abandoned a car on a highway in Memphis after colliding with a tractor-trailer. A pipe bomb was found in the car, along with anti-abortion literature and weapons.
Hours later, a man believed to be Waagner committed a carjacking in Tunica, Miss., some 40 miles southwest of Memphis, authorities said. A casino there was evacuated after a tip that he was there.
He had been arrested in September 1999 after entering Illinois with his wife and eight children in a stolen Winnebago, which had four stolen handguns under the driver's seat, authorities said.
During his trial, Waagner testified that he had watched abortion clinics for months, stocking up weapons after God asked him to ``be my warrior'' and kill doctors who provide abortions.
In June, abortion clinics were warned after someone purporting to be Waagner posted an Internet message threatening to kill employees of abortion providers.
That same month, a federal grand jury charged Waagner with robbing a bank just outside Harrisburg, Pa., in May.
The FBI is offering a reward of $50,000 for information leading to Waagner's arrest.
Oh oh, there's that 3-name thingie again...
Clayton Lee WAAGNER
ESCAPE
ALIASES: Mike Buchanan, Roger Allan Clay, Roger Wagner, Allan Waagner
Aliases: Jack Avery, Mike L. Buchanan, Allan Waagner, Mike L. Bochanan, Roger Allan Clay, Roger Allan Waagner, Clayton A. Waagner, Rober A. Waagner, Rodger Allen Waagner, Roger A. Waagner, Roger Allen Waagner, Robert Allen Waagner, Roger Alan Waagner, Roger Wagner, Steve Bruenberg, Randy Miller, Jack Fisher, Kenny Logan, David Gillies, John Logan, William Small, Steve Grumby, Charles Moore, Steve Bruenbard, Robert Payne, Robert Mills, Eric Oswald, David Long, Rick Mullins, Ronald Johnson, Robert Sales, John Roner, Randy Taylor, Steve Vetter, Steve Gruenberg, John M. Baker, John Michael Baker, Roy Mason, Bryan Butler, Brad Outlaw, Ryan Murphey, Anthony Lowe, Scott Wesley McKenzie, Scott W. McKenzie, Leon Maifield, Tim Stephens, Colin Joseph Vincent, Colin J. Vincent, Jeff Lear, Darren L. Barthel, Rex H. Turner, Jon M. Baker, Jon Michael Baker
CAUTION
CLAYTON LEE WAAGNER IS BEING SOUGHT FOR ESCAPING FROM FEDERAL CUSTODY IN ILLINOIS, BANK ROBBERY IN PENNSYLVANIA, FEDERAL FIREARMS VIOLATIONS IN TENNESSEE, AND CARJACKING IN MISSISSIPPI. ALL OF THESE CRIMES OCCURRED IN 2001.
CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
Due to previous frostbite injuries on his hand and toes, Waagner may have limited use of his left hand and may walk with a limp.
I agree, and as far as I can tell, he's just a common criminal.
There was an article about him in his hometown paper (in western Pennsylvania) that I posted a couple of weeks ago. That report said he'd never actually committed any crimes against abortionists or abortion clinics - he'd just blurted out on the witness stand, while being tried on robbery charges, that he was an "abortion clinic stalker."
The guy also sounds like such a hick, it's hard to believe he has the sophistication necessary to organize a mass mailing of professionally printed and FedExed letters to abortion clinics.
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Occupation: Unknown Nationality: American Scars and Marks: Waagner has scars on his right knee, right ankle, and nose.
Remarks: Due to previous frostbite injuries on his hand and toes, Waagner may have limited use of his left hand and may walk with a limp. He is known to be pro-life and has, in the past, allegedly made threats against abortion clinics and doctors. He has survivalist skills and may be heavily armed.
CAUTION
CLAYTON LEE WAAGNER IS BEING SOUGHT FOR ESCAPING FROM FEDERAL CUSTODY IN ILLINOIS, BANK ROBBERY IN PENNSYLVANIA, FEDERAL FIREARMS VIOLATIONS IN TENNESSEE, AND CARJACKING IN MISSISSIPPI. ALL OF THESE CRIMES OCCURRED IN 2001.
CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
Sure he is. He is just a little more determined to stop abortion than most.
Perhaps you have jumped to a conclusion that is incorrect.
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