Posted on 04/12/2005 2:50:55 PM PDT by The Raven
BREAKING NEWS MSNBC staff and news service reports Updated: 5:01 p.m. ET April 12, 2005COLUMBIA, S.C. - An ex-convict turned author being sought in two killings and a rape in South Carolina was captured Tuesday in Augusta, Ga., the U.S. Marshal's Service said.
Chris Dudley, a spokesman for the Marshal's Service, told MSNBC-TV that Stanko was captured about 3:30 p.m. ET in a parking lot near a mall as he approached the 1996 Mazda pickup truck that he allegedly stole from one of his victims.
Word of the capture of 37-year-old Stephen Stanko came shortly after the U.S. Marshal's Service indicated it had taken control of the investigation after receiving information indicating that Stanko had fled across state lines to North Carolina. It also announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
“We do consider him armed and dangerous,” U.S. Marshal Deputy Tim Stec in Columbia said at the time.
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Is he a friend of Norman Mailer?
Damn shame he didn't resist arrest.
U.S. Marshal's Service indicated it had taken control of the investigation after receiving information indicating that Stanko had fled across state lines to North Carolina.
OK, we seemed to have established that the sources used by the feds were not credible.
Have yet to hear what the motive for the first killing was. He strangled his live in gal friend. Then raped a teen who he did not kill and she called police. Then he shot the 74 year old who had that Mazda pick up he wanted.
***Is he a friend of Norman Mailer?***
You mean "IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST" Mailer? What was the name of that author?
LOL - you kill me! Another leftwing 'oops' of the first order. I think Abbot is dead, though. If not, he should be.
An ex-convict turned MURDERER!
He should change his name..................to Fred Stanko.
FMCDH(BITS)
Yeah...and mine (which was 1st) keeps getting pulled from the sidebars. I guess the Admin Mod just doesn't like me.
A local station broke the news that he has been in town for part of the Masters(At least since Sat night). A local woman befriended him at a hot night spot and was crucial in his arrest.I have no more details as of now.So don't ask.
Maybe the local paper will have a story later tonight or tomorrow.
The guy was in a jacket, sweater vest and tie when he was arrested leaving The Atlanta Bread Co. in Augusta.
| Subject of manhunt is arrested in Augusta A nationwide search for slaying suspect Stephen Christopher Stanko has ended in Augusta, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Mr. Stanko - a former convict and author linked to two killings in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and a sexual assault in Georgetown, S.C. - was captured today in Richmond County, a service spokesman said. He has been in the area since Saturday night, Richmond County Sheriff Ronnie Strength said at a 5:30 p.m. news conference. He will be held in the Richmond County jail tonight in isolation. This afternoon, he was in the federal courthouse on Telfair Street being interviewed by federal officers. He was arrested shortly before 3:30 p.m. at the Augusta Exchange shopping center. Witnesses said he had eaten lunch at The Atlanta Bread Co. and was walking toward the Hallmark store when dozens of local and federal officers descended on him. Mr. Stanko was not armed and did not resist arrest, Sheriff Strength said. His truck was found in the Exchange parking lot and was taken away by law enforcement. The sheriff said his agency received a phone call at about 9 a.m. Tuesday morning from a resident who recognized Mr. Stanko and they began following leads, which brought about the capture. The arrest came hours after the Marshals Service announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest. Mr. Stanko, who once vowed in a book he co-wrote that he would never return to prison, is suspected of strangling a librarian he lived with and fatally shooting a man to death before and stealing his truck. A teenage girl also said Mr. Stanko raped her. Police said his victims were librarian Laura Ling, 43, who shared a home with Mr. Stanko and was found strangled Friday, and Henry Lee Turner, 74, who was found shot to death in his home Saturday. Mr. Stanko, 37, was released from prison a year ago after serving 8 years of a 10-year sentence for kidnapping. While in prison, he co-wrote Living in Prison: A History of the Correctional System with an Insider's View with the help of two criminology professors. One of the professors, Gordon A. Crews, told television station WBTW in Florence that he knew Mr. Stanko was having a hard time adjusting to outside life. A week ago, Mr. Stanko was fired after a month as a salesman for Stucco Supply in Myrtle Beach. Associated Press reports were used in this article. |
That didn't take long for a reference.
Check your syntax and let the Mod's do their job.
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