Police arrest 6 accused of aiding Clemmons after shooting
LAKEWOOD, Wash. -- Six people accused of helping the suspected gunman in the killing of four Lakewood police officers in a Parkland coffee shop evade police have been arrested.
Four were booked into the Pierce County Jail on Monday and early Tuesday for investigation of rendering criminal assistance on four counts of first-degree murder. They are Rickey Hinton, Eddie Lee Davis, Douglas Edward Davis and Darcus Allen.
Two women - Letricia Nelson and Quiana Wiliams - were arrested and booked on Tuesday night, also for investigation of rendering criminal assistance. Nelson is suspected gunman Maurice Clemmons' aunt, police said.
In court Tuesday, Eddie Davis and Douglas Davis both pleaded not guilty. Judge Bryan Chushcoff set bail for Eddie Davis at $700,000 and bail for Douglas Davis at $500,000.
Clemmons' half brother, Rickey Hinton, has not been charged yet, but has been booked into jail for investigation of rendering criminal assistance. Chushcoff set his bail at $2 million.
Allen, who was booked late Tuesday afternoon, has not appeared in court. He is being held under investigation of four counts of rendering criminal assistant and one count of making false statements to investigators.
Pierce County Det. Ed Troyer said Allen has served time in an Arkansas prison with Clemmons, investigators said. HE was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a 1990 double murder at a Little Rock liquor store. He was paroled in 2004.
Arkansas prison spokeswoman Dina Tyler said Allen and Clemmons never shared a cell, but lived in the same barracks - along with 50-100 other inmates - at various times during their imprisonment.
Troyer said while there are four people under arrest now, more arrests could come later as investigators piece together how others might have helped Clemmons after the shooting.
"We are not going to rest until everyone involved in this murder is brought to justice," Troyer said.
In court documents released Tuesday, Prosecutor Mark Lindquist painted Hinton as the ringleader of Clemmons' initial escape.
According to the documents, the Davises were at a home in the Auburn area Saturday night when Clemmons showed them and Hinton two handguns and said he was going to shoot police. Hinton, who identified himself as Clemmons' half brother, lent Clemmons a white pickup truck that night.
The next day, court records said, Hinton was outside his house when Clemmons showed up on foot, saying he'd shot some police and suffered a gunshot wound.
Prosecutors allege that Hinton then woke the Davises and told them to use another car to get Clemmons out of the area. Hinton then allegedly gave his cell phone to a 12-year-old relative, telling the boy to start deleting Clemmons' phone numbers from it.
The Davis' later told detectives that as they drove Clemmons away, he told them he had "taken care of business," the document said. They went to a friend's home in the Algona/Pacific area where Clemmons' aunt helped treat the gunshot wound to his torso, detectives said. Clemmons changed clothes and put his own clothes into a bag.
Clemmons got into a car with the woman while the Davis' got into the Pontiac and they all four headed to the Auburn Super Mall, where they met up with a female friend of Clemmons, documents said.
As Clemmons drove off with that friend, he called friends who lived in the 3800 block of East Superior Street in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood and told him he needed a place to stay and he was bringing a gun, and the residents agreed.
However, police said when those friends called Clemmons' aunt in Algona, they learned Clemmons had been shot and said he had shot some police officers in Tacoma. The residents left the home before Clemmons arrived and drove to the police station to tell police what they learned.
Meanwhile, Clemmons was dropped off at the home. The first Seattle officers arrived and noticed an African-American man on foot near a home and the woman driving away. Police stopped the woman as she was driving away and found a piece of clothing that had a bullet wound in front plus evidence of gauze and bandages, documents said. An 11-hour standoff ensued at the home on Superior Street, but Clemmons had somehow managed to get away.
The court documents also said Clemmons was later aided by at least two unidentified women - possibly Nelson and Williams, including a relative from the Algona area and a friend in Seattle who helped Clemmons clean and dress the gunshot wound to his abdomen and change clothes.
Four were booked into the Pierce County Jail on Monday and early Tuesday for investigation of rendering criminal assistance on four counts of first-degree murder. They are Rickey Hinton, Eddie Lee Davis, Douglas Edward Davis and Darcus Allen.
Two women - Letricia Nelson and Quiana Wiliams - were arrested and booked on Tuesday night, also for investigation of rendering criminal assistance. Nelson is suspected gunman Maurice Clemmons' aunt, police said.
In court Tuesday, Eddie Davis and Douglas Davis both pleaded not guilty. Judge Bryan Chushcoff set bail for Eddie Davis at $700,000 and bail for Douglas Davis at $500,000.
Clemmons' half brother, Rickey Hinton, has not been charged yet, but has been booked into jail for investigation of rendering criminal assistance. Chushcoff set his bail at $2 million.
Allen, who was booked late Tuesday afternoon, has not appeared in court. He is being held under investigation of four counts of rendering criminal assistant and one count of making false statements to investigators.
Pierce County Det. Ed Troyer said Allen has served time in an Arkansas prison with Clemmons, investigators said. HE was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a 1990 double murder at a Little Rock liquor store. He was paroled in 2004.
Arkansas prison spokeswoman Dina Tyler said Allen and Clemmons never shared a cell, but lived in the same barracks - along with 50-100 other inmates - at various times during their imprisonment.
Troyer said while there are four people under arrest now, more arrests could come later as investigators piece together how others might have helped Clemmons after the shooting.
"We are not going to rest until everyone involved in this murder is brought to justice," Troyer said.
In court documents released Tuesday, Prosecutor Mark Lindquist painted Hinton as the ringleader of Clemmons' initial escape.
According to the documents, the Davises were at a home in the Auburn area Saturday night when Clemmons showed them and Hinton two handguns and said he was going to shoot police. Hinton, who identified himself as Clemmons' half brother, lent Clemmons a white pickup truck that night.
The next day, court records said, Hinton was outside his house when Clemmons showed up on foot, saying he'd shot some police and suffered a gunshot wound.
Prosecutors allege that Hinton then woke the Davises and told them to use another car to get Clemmons out of the area. Hinton then allegedly gave his cell phone to a 12-year-old relative, telling the boy to start deleting Clemmons' phone numbers from it.
The Davis' later told detectives that as they drove Clemmons away, he told them he had "taken care of business," the document said. They went to a friend's home in the Algona/Pacific area where Clemmons' aunt helped treat the gunshot wound to his torso, detectives said. Clemmons changed clothes and put his own clothes into a bag.
Clemmons got into a car with the woman while the Davis' got into the Pontiac and they all four headed to the Auburn Super Mall, where they met up with a female friend of Clemmons, documents said.
As Clemmons drove off with that friend, he called friends who lived in the 3800 block of East Superior Street in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood and told him he needed a place to stay and he was bringing a gun, and the residents agreed.
However, police said when those friends called Clemmons' aunt in Algona, they learned Clemmons had been shot and said he had shot some police officers in Tacoma. The residents left the home before Clemmons arrived and drove to the police station to tell police what they learned.
Meanwhile, Clemmons was dropped off at the home. The first Seattle officers arrived and noticed an African-American man on foot near a home and the woman driving away. Police stopped the woman as she was driving away and found a piece of clothing that had a bullet wound in front plus evidence of gauze and bandages, documents said. An 11-hour standoff ensued at the home on Superior Street, but Clemmons had somehow managed to get away.
The court documents also said Clemmons was later aided by at least two unidentified women - possibly Nelson and Williams, including a relative from the Algona area and a friend in Seattle who helped Clemmons clean and dress the gunshot wound to his abdomen and change clothes.