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September 25, 2003
Hometown Excitement
My sis tipped me off that they were having a little excitement down in my little hometown. Seems one of the local deputies pulled a guy over for driving without tags. Not sure exactly how everything went down, but the guy ended up charged with "possession of an illegal firearm - a sawed-off shotgun - third degree attempted escape, no driver's license, no license plate and no vehicle insurance."
Not too exciting you say? But there's a twist. They could find no record of the guy under the name he was using, so they ran his fingerprints statewide. Nothing. The guy's attorney had worked out a plea bargain on the charges, but at the last minute the prosecutor backed out, feeling something just wasn't right about the guy. Finally, someone had the idea to run his fingerprints against the national database. They got a hit.
A 22-year-old man charged in the capital murder of both of his adoptive parents last year in Texas has been caught in Searcy County and is being held in the county jail at Marshall, according to Searcy County Sheriff Jerry Loggins.
James Joseph Singleton has actually been held in the jail since May 25 of this year but he gave police the false name of John Sutton. "When we asked him if he had any parents, he said, 'No,'" Loggins said.
A famous little murderer he is too, was even featured on "America's Most Wanted" back in March. It's alleged he hacked his parents to death with a sword in August, 2002, and has been on the run ever since.
So there's been a media swarm all over my little hometown, "America's Most Wanted" even did interviews with all involved. That should be interesting.
I guess the moral to the story is if you're a wanted fugitive, make sure you obey all traffic laws when traveling through these little one-horse towns. Sometimes small-town deputies get lucky.
UPDATE: Damn, he didn't look anything like his picture did he? That's one scary looking guy.
Posted by Rita at September 25, 2003 06:26 PM
Comments
The other excitement was the overturned Winnebago on 540 at the mall exit with a big Dodge truck underneath it. A sight to behold.
Posted by: Matt at September 25, 2003 06:37 PM
Wow. Now I know why Mike's so late getting home.
Posted by: Rita at September 25, 2003 06:39 PM
The dude looks like Eminem.
Posted by: michele at September 25, 2003 06:59 PM
He does, doesn't he?
Sure has everyone down home freaked out. They were letting him out out of jail during the day on some kind of work release thing. I'll bet that program comes to a screeching halt now.
Posted by: Rita at September 25, 2003 07:04 PM