White House contractor arrested at checkpoint on attempted murder warrant

[Honeycombe8]

Source: CNN

White House contractor arrested at checkpoint on attempted murder warrant
Kevin Liptak-Profile-ImagePamela Brown
By Kevin Liptak and Pamela Brown, CNN

Updated 7:34 PM ET, Tue June 5, 2018

(CNN)A White House contractor wanted by police on an attempted first-degree murder charge was arrested as he came into work on Tuesday, law enforcement officials said.

In a statement, the US Secret Service said it was notified on Monday the contractor, Martese Edwards, was the subject of an arrest warrant issued by Prince George's County in Maryland, just outside of Washington.

Edwards was promptly arrested by Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers at a checkpoint outside of the White House complex when he was reporting to work as a contractor," the Secret Service statement read.

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As a contractor, Edwards would have had access to at least some part of the White House complex, and would be subject to security screenings before entering the grounds.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/politics/white-house-contractor-arrested/index.html

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Rachel Maddow said her info is that he worked in the area of the Security Agency, but unknown what his job was.

[hlthe2b]

1. Apparently all anyone has to do is pledge fealty to Trump to work there...

obviously criminal background checks are no more important than actual security clearances...

I surely don't want Trump or any of his ilck to become martyrs and THAT is why I care.

[FSogol]

2. All the best people!

[kimbutgar]

3. Twitlers cocaine dealer?

[Uncle Joe]

4. Just speculation on my part but I'm wondering

if this guy is connected to Manafort and his attempts at witness tampering?

Thanks for the thread Honeycombe.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. too unbelievable to be true

if you wrote this into a detective novel the public would dismiss it as fantastical garbage

[Grassy Knoll]

6. Crooked Hillary?....

...

The White House is handing Out Red Clown Noses At The Sign In Registry.

[Dopers_Greed]

7. When's the pardon coming?

[24601]

8. According to our local NBC Station, Maryland entered the warrant into the National Criminal Justice

Information System on Monday (4 June) and Edwards was arrested Tuesday morning.


https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Contractor-Arrested-at-White-House-on-Attempted-Murder-Charge-484632301.html

[atreides1]

11. According to WTOP!

https://wtop.com/local/2018/06/white-house-area-contractor-arrested-sought-attempted-murder/

The County’s Sheriff’s Department confirmed they had an open warrant for attempted first degree murder and assault, for Edwards, filed and entered into the national crime information database on May 17.

The Secret Service says it was notified of the arrest warrant June 4 — the day before the arrest.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. May 3 shooting, apparently of his ex's new boyfriend

Prince George’s County Police says they issued a multiple-count arrest warrant on May 17, the same day the Prince George’s County’s Sherrif’s Department entered the warrant into the national crime information database.

Edwards was charged for attempted first-degree murder and assault.

Police say Edwards was involved in a shooting on May 3 in the 4200 block of Suitland Road in Suitland, Maryland.

Edwards shot his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, a 26-year-old male who was shot in the abdomen and suffered a life-threatening injury, police say.

https://wtop.com/local/2018/06/white-house-area-contractor-arrested-sought-attempted-murder/

With such a definite connection to the crime, you'd think the guy would either have been turned himself in (with or without an alibi), or been properly on the run - not just turning up for work a few weeks later.

[marble falls]

10. A photo of the arrest....

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5b174d31/turbine/ct-worker-white-house-arrested-20180605-001/750/750x422

All the criminals in the White House, and this is the one being hauled off.