Mississippi shooting fugitive arrested in EL
By Kate Jacobson (Last updated: 02/01/10 4:34pm)East Lansing police arrested a man Saturday who was on the run after being sentenced to 80 years in prison for shooting and robbing a man in Mississippi last year.
An East Lansing police officer arrested Leo Wales, 20, for urinating in public near Quality Dairy, 1109 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing police Capt. Kim Johnson said. Wales resisted arrest and the officer used a Taser to subdue him.
Police discovered Wales was convicted on armed robbery and aggravated assault with a gun charges for a March 8, 2009, incident in Mississippi when he robbed and shot a man seven times. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison, but wasn’t present for the trial.
Johnson said police suspect Wales was staying with friends in East Lansing prior to his arrest.
Wales will remain in Ingham County Jail until the prosecutor’s office files a fugitive warrant, which will begin the formal court proceedings in his extradition back to Mississippi.
Originally Published: 02/01/10 4:15pm
Sweet
02/01/10 5:09pmEast lansing police get a lot of unwarranted slack around here, but I think snagging this piece of trash is a good job done.
idiot
02/01/10 5:25pmwhat an idiot. if you have a warrant out for your arrest for a crime that serious, wouldn’t you think you’d want to stay out of trouble!? of course I guess it takes an idiot to shoot a man seven times and rob him.
Come on sweet
02/01/10 5:36pmSweet you have got to be kidding me. EAST LANSING POLICE ARRESTED A ROUTINE 20yo PISSING ON A BOOZE STORE. Like they do half a dozen times on any given weekend. They had no idea who he was at the time. Don’t commend them for that. All they were doing at the time was trying to make $600 by tossing this to Dunnings and having him concoct a way to charge the kid with 3 felonies and plea down to earn them $600.00… and use their tasers. Kudos!? Come on
Good Going East Lansing Police
02/01/10 5:52pmYou got your man and he is off the street. Making it safer for everyone! And is he is dumb peeing in public, good way to draw attention to yourself, especially when your a convict on the run, not to many brains I would say.
Student
02/01/10 8:08pmHow is it possible that he was just apprehended in Minn. last week and then arrested here yesterday?
my link
Student: Follow-up
02/01/10 8:09pmCheck out the “my link” link to see an article.
^re-student^
02/01/10 8:35pmGiven that the article in your link was published today, I would bet that the writer got some facts wrong, and said “Minnesota” instead of “Michigan,” and that they reported Wales as having been apprehended “last week” because he was – last Saturday, to be specific. See the article above.
Haters_F_U
02/01/10 10:16pmeveryone should keep your comments to yourself unless you knew him
sweet
02/01/10 10:54pmI could care less why they came in contact with him. Serial killers, terrorists, other dirtbags have been caught by police initiating contact over something small. Was this kid just some punk? More or less yea. Just an upgraded one who doesn’t value life. Good for the PD for getting gimme of the street. I don’t care that it was because they initially were trying to stop someone from peeing in public. Guess he should learn what a toilet is.
sweet
02/01/10 10:54pmI could care less why they came in contact with him. Serial killers, terrorists, other dirtbags have been caught by police initiating contact over something small. Was this kid just some punk? More or less yea. Just an upgraded one who doesn’t value life. Good for the PD for getting gimme of the street. I don’t care that it was because they initially were trying to stop someone from peeing in public. Guess he should learn what a toilet is.
Cody
02/03/10 10:37amIn other news, QD is now on Twitter. But they haven’t commented on their urinating patron. http://twitter.com/QualityDairy