Homicidal fake cop in Mississippi. Be careful!

xiggi

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I think it's because the one possible witness saw a gold Crown Vic. Also, I doubt a guy playing at "cop" would use a Ford Econoline to do his job in. It doesn't "look like" a police car, but the Crown Vic does.

It was a referance to a ghost chase.

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blizzard2014

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Still not what I meant. Telling you details would only be bragging, but what I meant was we weren't regular industrial security that goes around checking locks. We were armed guards in section 8 housing complexes and dealt with real violence as much as locked doors.

Crocket and Tubbs.
 

Moot

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Gold Crown Victoria, blue Mercury Marquis, blue Chevrolet Caprice, white van, D.C. Beltway, Mississippi, it's all the same.
 

AMonger

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Yeah, and then you would have to kill me. How cliche! Did they provide you with a Segway?

Don't pull words out of my keyboard.

Going back to where you started this BS, I didn't not become a cop and get a guard job instead. I first was a public safety volunteer--tornado spotting, assisting stranded motorists, 4WD patrol during winter storms, manning first-aid stations, working traffic control around accidents, etc. I found I liked helping people.

Later I became a guard because a friend of mine was the Chief of Security there and needed help. So it's not like you're implying.
 
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layoutshooter

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UPDATE ON THIS STORY:


A person has been arrested for these crimes. The story claims he has an 'extensive' criminal record. Maybe we should allowed to profile people who have 'extensive' criminal records who are on the street, OR, those who keep putting these garden slugs back out there.



Authorities in Mississippi have arrested a suspect in the two fatal shootings last week during what authorities initially thought were phony police stops in the northern part of the state.

James D. Willie, 28, has been charged with two counts of capital murder in the shootings.


Willie, who has an extensive criminal record, was arrested Tuesday on rape and aggravated-assault charges. Police allegedly found a Ruger 9mm, semi-automatic handgun in his possession during the arrest, which investigators determined to be a match of the weapon used in last week's shootings.


State Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain said the suspect had not posed as apolice officer in the shootings as authorities previously suspected.


"Hundreds of man hours have been devoted to tracking down and arresting this individual," Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said. "Public safety is of paramount concern to us. Just as a week ago, with the resolution of the kidnap-murder case in north Mississippi, again we see the effective results of a unified effort of several law enforcement agencies working together."


Authorities were questioning another man as of late Thursday, who was being held in Humphreys County, Miss. The man, James Lucas, was merely "under investigation," authorities said.


He was being questioned regarding a Wednesday night incident and was not charged with a crime, a Humphreys County sheriff's official said.


Police could not say Thursday night whether that and another recent incident were related to last week's fatal shootings. "We're just going to say these are isolated incidents in our county and we're going to deal with that first," Sam Dobbins, an investigator with the Humphreys County Sheriff's Office, said


But Dobbins added that other police agencies in the state, including the Mississippi Department of Investigation, also were investigating, apparently giving the case a broader scope.


At least one detail might not match those reported in the fatal shootings: Wednesday's incidents involved a blue Mercury Grand Marquis, possibly the one Lucas was driving when he was pulled over around noon today in Yazoo City, Miss., according to ABC News affiliate WAPT in Jackson, Miss.


The fatal incidents, however, were believed to involve a gold-colored Ford Crown Victoria.


"The Bureau of Investigation and Crime Laboratory dedicated all resources available to this investigation," Public Safety Commissioner Albert Santa Cruz said. "Our citizens have been terrorized by these murders and we worked tirelessly to resolve them."


[h=3]Drivers Told "Don't Pull Over" by Police[/h]
The Humphreys County incidents occurred after Mississippi authorities urged drivers to question whether anyone pulling them over really was a police officer.


"We urge everyone to be cautious while driving, especially at night," the Tate County Sheriff's Office posted on its Facebook page. "If someone attempts to pull you over with flashing lights and you feel unsure of stopping, DON'T PULL OVER. Use your cell phone and dial 911 and if it's a real officer then the dispatcher will confirm it for you and if it's not a real officer they will send help to you."


"Our deputies have been told not to overreact if someone does not immediately pull over," the sheriff's office wrote. "Your safety is our primary concern."


Two drivers were killed on northern Mississippi highways within days of each other and investigators in multiple counties and federal officials were working to find out who may be behind the killings.


One driver, Tom Schlender, 74, from Nebraska, was found in his car on Interstate 55 in Panola County on May 8 about 1:30 a.m. Three days later, Lori Carswell, 48, from Mississippi, was found near her car on Mississippi Highway 713 in nearby Tunica County about 2:15 a.m.


The recent cases occurred along U.S. 49 in Humphreys County, which is in central Mississippi, between 9 p.m. and midnight Wednesday night.


"We received some calls last night for a blue car similar to a police car, a Mercury Grand Marquis, that attempted to stop two vehicles," Dobbins said.


Although Dobbins believed the person in the Grand Marquis approached the victims' cars in plain clothes, the suspicious car's occupant evidently made indications his was an official vehicle.


"He displayed flashing blue lights, yes he did," Dobbins said. "That's what we call impersonating a police officer." Both pulled-over drivers grew suspicious and sped off toward Yazoo City in neighboring Yazoo County, where Lucas and the car later were found being brought back to Humphreys County.


One of the two victims grew frightened and fired a gun when he saw the Grand Marquis following him, Dobbins said. Later, one of the victims identified the seized car as the one involved in the highway stop, Dobbins added.


Dobbins would not comment on whether or not Lucas or the occupant of the Grand Marquis displayed a weapon.

Man Arrested in Connection with Mississippi Fatal Shootings - Yahoo!
 

Jason2

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Back in 2000, there was a fake cop in Oakland County, MI. He was pulling women over in the middle of the night and raping them. Usually on Sunday mornings when the roads were least travelled. At that time I was working 2nd shift in Troy, MI, Sundays through Thursdays, meaning I was alone on NB I-75 at 1 am.

My game plan was: if someone tried to pull me over, I would call 9-1-1. Tell them in light of recent events, I would not stop until they could confirm this was a real police officer or there was a verifiable cruiser sent.

Luckily, I never had to try that trick out.

I don't know how it would work in this situation, but I would try it if it happened.

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A local Police Chief said to do the same thing.But I bet when you don't pull over rite away,but when you do there will be guns drawn and you will be carried to jail.
Also our city officials keep wantin to cut back on expenditures why does it take three officers(yea right) to stop one little teenager driving mom's car?See it happen all the time
 

piattteam

Active Expediter
As a former police officer, I can assure you that all police departments in the surrounding areas advised their officers to be cognizant of motorists fears.
Officers can tell the difference between a motorist waiting to pull over in a safe place, and a motorist trying to flee or elude.
As for more than one officer on a traffic stop. It is usually only if the initial officer has seen, or smelled, something that has made him/her suspicious.
Traffic stops are among the most deadly circumstances a police officer can become involved in.
Officer safety sometimes dictates additional officers on scene.
I have had four friends, not simply coworkers, shot in the line of duty.
 
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