MBP Officer Earl Demarse Research Paper

Johnathan Wayne Nobles was 25 when he was convicted in September 1986 for the death of Mitzi Johnson-Nally, age 21 and Kelly Farquhar, age 24. According to Murderpedia, Nobles had been under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he broke into the house of Mitzi Johnson and stabbed her and Kelly Farquhar with a knife(Blanco). Mitzi date 30 year old Ronald Ross was also injured in the attack. Nobles was on parole at the time of the murders for theft of property, which he served a three year sentence. Nobles was sentenced to death by lethal injection on October 7, 1998. Before Nobles was executed he claimed that he was a different man then he was the night he took two young women 's life 's.

In 1981, Williams was convicted of murder and two counts of robbery in the Los Angles superior Court, which he was sentenced to death. On April 20th he was sent to San Quentin to sit on death row. Williams didn’t adjust well to prison life, and by the mid 80’s he was given six and a half years in solitary confinement fro multiple assaults n guards and fellow inmates.

The Baltimore cops finally decided to hunt him down through a routine traffic check point and surprisingly it worked and the guy was traced. However it didn’t turn out to be easy for the cops as the guy made them chase him on a high-spree that ended with the teen firing on the officers. The irritated cops opened fire that injured the teenager and he was killed.

If someone ever met Andrew Urdiales he would be the type that one would forget. He is not very outgoing and would keep to himself, during his childhood he did not have many friends and was an average student. Urdiales was a marine stationed in Southern California when he committed his first murder killing Robbin Brandley a twenty-three year old college student. From July 1988 to August 1996 Urdiales would go on to kill seven more women. Most serial killers kill each victim similar to all the other victims, Urdiales was different though his first murder he stabbed the victim to death while his last he shot in the head.

On December 20, 2014, both Liu and Ramos were sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn when they were shot at point-blank range. Neither officer had the opportunity to draw their weapon as they were killed with no warning. The mentally derange killer traveled from Baltimore vowing to kill NYPD officers in retaliation for Eric Garner cases. After the ambush assassination, the killer fled the scene and onto a subway station. He killed himself as officers were closing

Two people were killed as a result of the officer. Quintonio LeGrier, 19 years old, and 55-year-old Bettie Jones were both shot and killed. Reports state that LeGrier was acting oddly and was carrying a metal bat around his father’s apartment. His mother stated that he was a college student who was suffering from unknown mental health issues.

In the Article “A Death in Texas” by Steve Earle, an inmate named Jonathan Wayne Nobles is convicted and sentence to death row for the murder of Kelley Farquhar and Mitzi Johnson-Nalley.(pg.74) Johnathon was then executed in September 1998 at 6:00p.m. and is pronounced dead by the doctor at 6:18p.m.(pg.80,82) Steve who is a friend of Johnathan’s who visits him every day before his execution states that, “Johnathan Nobles who sits on the other side of the glass from me in September 1998 is a different man from the one the state of Texas sentence to die almost 12 years ago.”(pg.75), the question today is, was Johnathan Nobles truly rehabilitated?

Two hours had passed by of complete chaos when finally, we heard the police officers yell put the gun down! Put the gun down! Two people came out the front door of the bank. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing it was our friend Devon I recognized his red “NC STATE” sweatshirt he wore it all the time. He had a woman in front of him kind of like a shield and was holding a gun to her head. The police kept yelling to put the gun down and he didn’t he kept walking down the side walk in front of the bank it felt like hours passed but it was only about a minute that passed when the gun shots started. They hit him one after another watching my friend who I knew for over 4 years who was kind, gentle and so full of life become so lifeless in a matter of seconds was an image that will forever be burned in my mind. Everyone around me was relieved it was over to them he committed a crime he was the bad guy but to me this was nothing but tragedy I didn’t understand not at all. What happened? Why did this happen? Why did he do this?

Reaching more what happens when a correction officer goes rouge? Gary Heyward ex-Rikers correction officer wrote a book, Corruption Officer: From Jail Guard to Perpetrator Inside Rikers Island showed one man’s rise and fall when he became corrupted with control. Gary Heyward was born and raised in New York City’s Polo Ground Projects in Harlem. He joined the United States Marines at the age of nineteen and became a decorated war hero by serving in both Desert Storm and Desert Shield Operation in 1990 and 1991. After receiving an honorable discharge from the Marines he found work as a New York City corrections officer, working ten years at the famous Rikers Island. Then his fall came on May of 2006, where Heyward was arrested and convicted for

After more than 28 years, amidst the controversy surrounding Mumia's guilty conviction and later receipt of the death penalty, there are those who are not convinced. Many Mumia supporter and some advocating for abolition of the death penalty believe corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department, coupled with a flawed judicial system, backed by racist judges, have lead to a conspiracy to commit murder on the part of the State. Abu-Jamal Mumia, a well known journalist and community activist from Philadelphia has been on death row since 1983 for the shooting death of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. Because of his political views and his former involvement with the Black Panther Party, Mumia has been viewed as a hero

On April 12, 2015, Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man, was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department for having an illegal  knife. While being transported in a police van, Gray went in a coma and was taken to a trauma center. Freddie died on April 19, 2015. His death was because of injuries to his spinal cord. On April 21, 2015, an investigation was started to investigate his death. Six Baltimore police officers were suspended with pay.

Officer Randal David Simmons was born on July 22, 1956 in San Bernardino, CA at Norton Air Force Bade Hospital. His parents name are Matthew and Constance Simmons. After graduating from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, he received a football scholarship. He attended Washington State University in Pullman, Washington where he earned bachelors of Arts in Sociology. He played college football and hoping he could play professionally. After attending training camp with the Dallas cowboys, he played a few pre-season games. He sustained an injury during the pre-season and that’s when he decided to pursue a career in law enforcement.

Unfortunately, Stanley Williams was part of a big gang as a teen. Williams committed many crimes and was convicted of 4 counts of murder. When WIlliams was in prison, he changed and wrote books about how teens should not do crimes or become part of a gang and was nominated for 5 nobel peace prizes. But even after this, “Stanley williams was executed by lethal injection.”

A little after a year of the McVicker incident, William found himself in an Orange County jail. But due to the officers getting his record’s mixed up; William was cleared to walk and given a court date. But William would of course not show up for the court date and would eventually start his reign and terror as the Freeway Killer.

Trooper Velez had served with the Ohio State Highway Patrol for 27 years. He is survived by his wife and three children.