Bastrop cop killer caught!

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Good! They caught her!

Moseley, LP

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Bastrop, La., officials released this police sketch of the suspect in

Friday's shootout at a hotel on the main square of the small northeastern

Louisiana city that left two police officers and one suspect dead. The U.S.

Marshals Service violent offenders task force arrested , 26,

about 7 a.m. at a County mobile home park.

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*Aug. 12, 2007, 6:43PM*

Suspect captured after Louisiana police shooting

Woman arrested in County today charged with 2 counts of murder in

hotel shootout

By MIKE GLENN

Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

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A woman who fled after a violent shootout with Louisiana police, which left

two officers dead on Friday, was captured early today at a trailer park in

east County, authorities said.

The U.S. Marshals Service violent offenders task force arrested ,

26, about 7 a.m. at the mobile home park near the East Freeway and FM 2100,

officials said.

and her boyfriend, Dennis Clem, 24, were at a Budget Inn hotel in

downtown Bastrop, La., when they were confronted by local police and began

shooting, authorities said.

Two veteran Bastrop detectives, identified by Louisiana state police as

R. , 40, and D. Jr., 34, were struck by gunfire and died

at the scene.

Clem was also struck and died at the scene, and two paramedics were wounded,

officials said.

Authorities say police cordoned off the area but managed to escape.

Louisiana state police said she was helped by three people, who were

arrested Saturday as accessories to the homicides.

U.S. Marshals Service investigators had been searching for Clem after he was

identified as a felon in possession of a weapon.

The manhunt for Clem intensified after he was linked to a July 14 double

homicide in the 1000 block of Nadolney in east County.

County sheriff's detectives think was at the home during the

shooting and had been on the run with Clem ever since.

The Bastrop detectives on Friday may have gone to the hotel to search for

the suspects after County sheriff's deputies alerted other law

enforcement agencies about the killings on Nadolney, officials said.

was arrested within 48 hours of the gunbattle with Bastrop police

after investigators received information that she was back in Texas.

She remains in custody at the County Jail, awaiting extradition to

Louisiana, where she has been charged there with two counts of first-degree

murder of police officers.

[Guest guest]

Glad she is off the streets. We shall see what happens in court, but that

picture screamed 'Tweeker!' at me. Such a waste...

Moseley wrote:

Good! They caught her!

Moseley, LP

National

Bastrop, La., officials released this police sketch of the suspect in

Friday's shootout at a hotel on the main square of the small northeastern

Louisiana city that left two police officers and one suspect dead. The U.S.

Marshals Service violent offenders task force arrested , 26,

about 7 a.m. at a County mobile home park.

*Kita **:* AP

[image: photos]

*Aug. 12, 2007, 6:43PM*

Suspect captured after Louisiana police shooting

Woman arrested in County today charged with 2 counts of murder in

hotel shootout

By MIKE GLENN

Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

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A woman who fled after a violent shootout with Louisiana police, which left

two officers dead on Friday, was captured early today at a trailer park in

east County, authorities said.

The U.S. Marshals Service violent offenders task force arrested ,

26, about 7 a.m. at the mobile home park near the East Freeway and FM 2100,

officials said.

and her boyfriend, Dennis Clem, 24, were at a Budget Inn hotel in

downtown Bastrop, La., when they were confronted by local police and began

shooting, authorities said.

Two veteran Bastrop detectives, identified by Louisiana state police as

R. , 40, and D. Jr., 34, were struck by gunfire and died

at the scene.

Clem was also struck and died at the scene, and two paramedics were wounded,

officials said.

Authorities say police cordoned off the area but managed to escape.

Louisiana state police said she was helped by three people, who were

arrested Saturday as accessories to the homicides.

U.S. Marshals Service investigators had been searching for Clem after he was

identified as a felon in possession of a weapon.

The manhunt for Clem intensified after he was linked to a July 14 double

homicide in the 1000 block of Nadolney in east County.

County sheriff's detectives think was at the home during the

shooting and had been on the run with Clem ever since.

The Bastrop detectives on Friday may have gone to the hotel to search for

the suspects after County sheriff's deputies alerted other law

enforcement agencies about the killings on Nadolney, officials said.

was arrested within 48 hours of the gunbattle with Bastrop police

after investigators received information that she was back in Texas.

She remains in custody at the County Jail, awaiting extradition to

Louisiana, where she has been charged there with two counts of first-degree

murder of police officers.