Ronald Owens. May God bless your soul.
Posted on 11/29/2009 6:16:16 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
Maurice Clemmons, the 37-year-old Tacoma man being sought for questioning in the killing of four Lakewood police officers this morning, has a long criminal record punctuated by violence, erratic behavior and concerns about his mental health.
Nine years ago, then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee granted clemency to Clemmons, commuting his lengthy prison sentence over the protestations of prosecutors.
"This is the day I've been dreading for a long time," Larry Jegley, prosecuting attorney for Arkansas' Pulaski County said Sunday night when informed that Clemmons was being sought in connection to the killings.
Clemmons' criminal history includes at least five felony convictions in Arkansas and at least eight felony charges in Washington. The record also stands out for the number of times he has been released from custody despite questions about the danger he posed.
Clemmons had been in jail in Pierce County for the past several months on a pending charge of second-degree rape of a child.
He was released from custody just six days ago, even though he was wanted on a fugitive warrant out of Arkansas and was staring at eight felony charges in all out of Washington state.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
Ronald Owens. May God bless your soul.
“FU Huckabee! Spin your way out of this, bastard.”
right on!
From my college accounting classes, I believe they call that FIFO. I'm not sure if it's ever been applied to prison management, but I can certainly see the benefits in reduced recidivism.
Busy with the WA ping list today aye.
Unfortunate circustances.
Greg Richards. May God bless your soul.
He was apparenly a convert to the ROO according to the article.
Tina Griswold. May God bless your soul.
in they “how the hell did they” category, let’s include the issue of Arkansas failing to serve the warrants on him during the time he was back in prison on the parole violation.
Complete Sociopath that had no business walking the streets.
JMO But I think that criminals who have underlying mental illness only get more progressively mentally criminal as they age.
Either need to be on pharmas to control the behaviour and if they do not comply they should be incacerated with all the other sick minds.
Or they end up dead from a bullet they inticed.
Man sought in slayings was granted clemency by former Gov. Huckabee
Pull quote:
When Clemmons received the 60-year sentence, he was already serving 48 years on five felony convictions and facing up to 95 more years on charges of robbery, theft of property and possessing a handgun on school property. Records from Clemmons' sentencing described him as 5-foot-7 and 108 pounds. The crimes were committed when he was 17.
Let’s see then, the inclusive, politically correct sophisticates in the LeftMedia will describe him thus:
Male with a shaved head and goatee, with a small mole beneath his left eye.
Wouldn’t want critical descriptive facts to get in the way of protecting one of the protected races now, would we?
Thanks for putting faces on them.
I'm not familiar with the bail schedule in Washington state. It seems odd that a repeat felony offender, accused of assault on a police officer, child rape and holding outstanding interstate warrants, would be given a bail of only $150K. And, where in the world does this deadbeat get the 10% cash for the bondsman?
If the fugitive warrant indicated they weren’t going to extradite, as many of them do, then he wouldn’t have been held.
You are not the only one.
went out to my shop tonight just now, got my Mossberg 500 - usually I just keep my carry gun (45) under the pillow at night.
not any more.
Im close to this tragedy today
We are seeing them now in the little coastal town we live in.
Not just the harmless mental cases but the instantly verbally violent or worse ones.
I have no problem with the non violent mental cases roaming around it is the ones that you see and ya get the feeling that they are on the verge of flipping out.
Had one come into town last week and it took just 4 days for him to melt down and have guns drawn on him and carted off to jail.
Many of us that went to town mentioned seeing him and getting a bad vibe.
Please excuse, but what is the ROO you mention above? I don't see what you're referring to in the article. Thanks in advance.
And thank you, MarMema, for posting these. God bless you, as well.
Which is why I keep saying "If he's too dangerous to own a gun, then he's too dangerous to be loose on the streets."
Once somebody has shown that he's a habitual felon, the best thing is to keep him off the streets. At least until he's too old and gray to be too much of a threat.
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