Maurice Clemmons has been named a person of interest, and thus Maurice Clemmons is being sought by authorities who have questions for the man who left jail just one week ago. Maurice Clemmons is currently wanted for questioning in the murders
Maurice Clemmons Named Person of Interest in Lakewood Police Shootings
of four Lakewood police officers in the morning hours of Sunday, November 29th. It hasn't been made clear what his tie to the case currently is, but there must be a good reason that Pierce County is looking for the man in connection with the crimes. They aren't stating that he is a suspect at the time, but rather a person of interest in the investigation. Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer told reporters that Maurice Clemmons, 37, was one of several people investigators want to talk to and that he could not be called a suspect at this point.
In a news release, the sheriff's office said Clemmons has an extensive violent criminal history from Arkansas, including aggravated robbery and theft. Clemmons was also recently was arrested and charged in Pierce County, Washington state for third-degree assault on a police officer, and second-degree rape of a child.
According to The Seattle Times, Clemmons was released from the Peirce County Jail last week, despite facing eight felony charges. Clemmons posted $15,000 with a bail bondsman, who paid the remainder of the man's $150,000 bail.
In 1989, Clemmons, then 17, was convicted in Little Rock for aggravated robbery. He was paroled in 2000 after then-Gov. Mike Huckabee commuted Clemmons' 95-year prison sentence. Huckabee, who was criticized during his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 for the number of clemencies and commutations he granted, cited Clemmons' age at the time of the sentence. Former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee apparently granted him clemency nine years ago, commuting his lengthy prison sentence despite the protests of prosecutors. If Maurice Clemmons is tied to these crimes, or if it turns out that he is the man guilty of committing these murders, then Mike Huckabee is going to have a lot of questions to answer. It's also at question as to why Clemmons is even out of jail right now, as he has been waiting to face charges of child-rape in Washington, but was allowed to post bail of only $15,000 in order to get out into the public once again.
