CO - Tom Clements, 58, DOC director, Monument, 19 March 2013

[tezi]

It just gets worse. Read on:

http://www.timescall.com/news/longm...lated-parole-rule-days-before-murderous-crime

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This is just so senseless.

JMO, IMO, :moo: , and all other disclaimers.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

From Tezi's link.....this is unforgivable....


"It took six days from the time parolee Evan Ebel's ankle monitor stopped functioning for Department of Corrections officials to seek a warrant for his arrest, according to documents released Tuesday."

"During that time, authorities believe, Ebel shot and killed pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon and prisons chief Tom Clements."

"A contractor using a radio monitoring device determined Ebel's ankle device was no longer working as of March 14, but the contractor did not notify corrections officials until the following day, the documents said."

"Their reaction was to repeatedly leave messages asking Ebel to voluntarily report to their offices for repair of the ankle bracelet, which likely had already been removed."

"The documents offer the latest glimpse into how authorities had ample reason to put Ebel back behind bars before Leon and Clements were killed. On Monday, a district court apologized for a clerical error that resulted in Ebel's release from prison four years too soon."

"In regard to Ebel's parole, a warrant was not issued for Ebel's arrest until March 20, a day after he allegedly killed Clements, according to the DOC documents."

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

May be related.....?


"DENVER - An intruder who forced his way into the mountain home of a Colorado deputy district attorney was shot dead by either the prosecutor or her police officer husband, authorities said on Tuesday."

"The shooting, shortly before midnight Monday, comes two weeks after Colorado's prisons director was slain as he answered the front door to his home, and two days after the district attorney of Kaufman County in Texas was found shot to death with his wife."

"An assistant prosecutor in the Kaufman County district attorney's office was shot to death on January 31, and authorities have said both Texas murders and the March 19 slaying of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements appeared to be targeted killings rather than random acts of violence."

"In light of the three previous cases, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is leading the probe into the latest shooting, which occurred in Hot Sulphur Springs, about 95 miles northwest of Denver."

"There are no apparent ties to recent shootings; however, investigators continue to pursue all possible leads and background information on this (dead) person," the bureau said in a written statement."

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...tors-home?lite

 

[tezi]

Thanks Blondie. I am thinking it's related.

JMO, IMO, :moo: , and all other disclaimers.

 

[SCHMAE]

http://www.wfaa.com/news/national/T...-Colorado-prisons-chief-death--201362771.html

This just came out I believe.
What the heck is going on between CO and TX ?
Is all this mess related or not ?

 

[tezi]

Here is another link about the two 211 Crew members that are being looked for by El Paso county.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22943300/el-paso-deputies-searching-two-211-crew-members

 

[Lois Lane]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Police have arrested one of the two wanted men whose names came up during the investigation into the murder of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements.

Colorado Springs Police said officers tried to pull 47-year-old James Lohr over early Friday morning at Hancock Avenue and Bijou Street, but he drove off. When he stopped his car a couple blocks away, he jumped out and ran, but officers captured him.

A Be On The Lookout order is still in effect for his associate, 31-year-old Thomas Guolee. Goulee is considered armed and dangerous with violent tendencies, officials said.

More at the link:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...l-wanted-in-tom-clements-murder-investigation

 

[saba]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/james-lohr-arrested-tom-clements-murder_n_3019575.html


James Lohr Arrested In Connection To Murder Of Colorado Corrections Director Tom Clements

 

[SCHMAE]

http://news.yahoo.com/gang-member-arrested-corrections-killing-probe-022239478.html

Another source !

 

[tezi]

Apparently Lohr had a gun he tossed while running from LE before his capture.

Authorities released video surveillance showing Lohr, 47, a felon and member of the white supremacist 211 Crew prison gang, ditching the firearm during the pursuit Friday morning. The video also showed two men finding the gun and taking it.

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_...st-clements-murder-ditched-gun-during-pursuit

 

[Lois Lane]

El Paso County authorities are investigating the history of a gun after it was tossed out of a car during the pursuit of a person of interest in the Tom Clements murder.

"Guns could be linked to other crimes," said Lt. Jeff Kramer, Colorado Springs police spokesman. "We don't know what its life has been."

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingn...story-gun-tossed-chase-211-crew#ixzz2PhNLjHSQ

 

[Lois Lane]

Court transcript -- Evan Ebel 2008 assault on a corrections officer. This was the charge that should have stacked four years onto his incarceration.

Interesting read in that it shows clearly that Ebel and his father knew his sentence was to be consecutive rather than concurrent.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/133915670/Evan-Ebel-s-court-transcript-6-11-08

Document via the Denver Post.

 

[tezi]

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingn...sponse-time-parolee-bracelet-tampering-alerts

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This is too little, way too late, IMO.

This should have already been in effect for parolees on intensive supervised parole.

My BIL (who has since passed) was on ISP in CO in 1994, and his ankle monitor stopped working. It took his parole officer three weeks to show up and give him a new one. Of course my BIL called in everyday like he was supposed to do, but the fact of the matter is, he could have went on the lam, while calling in, and no one would have been the wiser in the parole department. These problems with the ankle monitors should have been taken care of years ago, IMO. Maybe then, Mr. Leon and Mr. Clements would not have lost their lives.

As always, JMO, IMO, :moo: , and all other disclaimers.

 

[tezi]

Good grief....

DENVER - Just over a month before the man suspected of killing Colorado's prison chief was released, he ominously told an officer "he had a 'lot to do' when he got out."
The remark is recounted in a document showing Evan Ebel was charged with disobeying a lawful order on December 15, 2012. As a result of the incident he was penalized and placed back into the highest level of solitary confinement.
Administrators reviewed Ebel's status twice in the remaining 44 days of his incarceration. Both times it was determined that he should continue to be classified among the most dangerous and disruptive of Colorado's inmates.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...gerous-parolees-threatened-he-had-a-lot-to-do

 

[tezi]

Well, here is some more to be upset about.

Evan Ebel's parole officer worked a sporadic schedule during the time the suspected killer of Colorado Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements and pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon was tampering with his ankle monitor.


CALL7 Investigators obtained the parole officer's timecard, and it shows he worked a full day Thursday, March 14 — the first time Ebel allegedly tampered with his ankle monitor. The parole officer worked three hours March 15, took the weekend off and worked a half day March 18, the day after Leon was shot and killed.


On March 19, the parole officer worked a nine-hour day. The parole officer attempted to contact Ebel on March 19 and determined he had gone off the radar by removing his ankle monitor. Clements was gunned down hours later.


SNIP


Additionally, despite the irregular work schedule of Ebel's parole officer, there were backup officers, a team leader, a supervisor, a manager, an assistant director and a director also available to handle issues connected with a parolee's ankle-alert system.

http://www.timescall.com/ci_23178994/evan-ebels-parole-officer-worked-sporadic-hours-leading

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What a hot mess. The part that got me is that Ebel's parole officer had about half the clients as a "regular" parole officer. It's in the article.

 

[tezi]

In case anyone is interested, the following linked article has Ebel's complaints that he filed while in prison. Apparently, he just didn't get "it."

In one of 26 prison grievances filed by Evan Ebel, he groused about poor prison hygiene even after smearing feces on cell doors.

http://www.timescall.com/ci_2314933...aints-lost-laundry-music-selection?source=pkg

 

[tezi]

Ebel's Prison Canteen Records Released.

Here is the link. I didn't read them, but I figured it was released, so I may as well post it.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...its-and-credits-but-not-who-made-the-deposits

 

[tezi]

Update...

State charges dropped for purchaser of gun, federal charges filed...

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. - A woman accused of giving Evan Ebel the gun authorities believe he used to kill Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements has been indicted by the federal government.


Prosecutors said a grand jury indicted Stevie Marie Anne Vigil, 22, of Commerce City, on one count of knowingly transferring a firearm to a convicted felon.


Vigil was arrested Friday morning by ATF agents at the Arapahoe County Courthouse where she was in court to face state charges. The Denver Post reported that those state charges have been dropped.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...el-gun-used-in-shooting-death-of-tom-clements

 

[tezi]

Another update. Big surprise (not) that Ebel kept ties to the 211s while out on parole. And I don't buy that Vigil didn't willingly give Ebel the gun...Her story just doesn't make sense. IMO

The investigative reports outline the relationship among members of the prison gang, women they knew outside prison and Ebel.


The documents are related to the case against Stevie Marie Anne Vigil, 22, who appeared in a federal courtroom Friday to face charges that she provided Ebel with the 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun used in the killings of Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements on March 19 and Denver pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon two days earlier.

Vigil, who knew Ebel from childhood and kept in touch with him in prison, also thought of herself as Ebel's girlfriend and told investigators they had a "very intimate relationship."



She paid an Englewood gun store $611.97 cash for the handgun and bullets March 6, the documents show. She told investigators she bought the gun for her personal protection and kept it in a pink plastic bag in the trunk of a friend's car.


She said she noticed the gun was missing about the same time she learned that Ebel had died after a shootout with deputies in Texas, documents show.

Oh, and let's not forget Ebel's dad in this mess. I can't imagine his grief, but I think he knew a lot more than he told authorities...JMO

Ebel took the pink bag to his father's law office. He left with an empty bag.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingn...arges-filed-against-woman-accused-selling-gun

 

[saba]

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23947814/evan-ebel-may-have-killed-clements-repay-favor

Evan Ebel may have killed prisons chief to repay 211 Crew favor

By Kirk Mitchell
The Denver Post


The founder of the 211 Crew protected Evan Ebel after a rival prison gang targeted the white supremacist soldier for violence at Sterling Correctional Facility. That left the young gang member with a debt authorities suspect he repaid by killing prisons chief Tom Clements...

...Following Ebel's parole in January, he was in frequent contact with 211 Crew members, his cellphone records confirm. Authorities believe gang members gave him money to buy a car, got him his mismatched license plates and helped arrange the pizza theft in which Ebel shot Leon on March 17, the source said...

More at link including a judge in hiding and a potential Saudi connection...