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Latanya Clemmons, sister of cop killer Maurice Clemmons. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Janet Jensen)

Sister who helped Lakewood cop killer accomplice gets early release

BY Chris Sullivan  on July 16, 2012 @ 5:42 am (Updated: 10:35 am - 7/16/12 )

The sister of the man who killed four Lakewood police officers was released from prison Monday after serving about half of her five year sentence.

LaTanya Clemmons was convicted of driving her boyfriend Darkus Allen to a hotel and spending $39 so he could spend the night and lay low while the police looked for him after her brother Maurice Clemmons opened fire on the officers in a Parkland coffee shop in November 2009.

Clemmons, 37, was able to take advantage of a now-expired state law that allows some defendants to be released after serving 50 percent of their sentences if they showed good behavior.

In a statement to Q13, the Lakewood Police department expressed disappointment with the release.

"We (LPD) have just been made aware that LaTanya Clemmons is being released early and has been serving some of her time in a work release facility. We are disappointed that LaTanya Clemmons is not being required to serve out the full term of her five year sentence for her involvement in the case involving the murder of our four officers.

Chris Sullivan, KIRO Radio Reporter
Chris loves the rush of covering breaking news and works hard to try to make sense of it all while telling stories about real people in extraordinary circumstances.
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  • CH wrote...
    Not good news for . . . .
    July 16, 2012 4:59 am
    Ace Jackwagon.
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  • Realitycheck wrote...
    Liberal bleeding hearts
    July 16, 2012 5:45 am
    I just wish these criminals would kill them and their families then their opinion would change in a hurry. But yeah they are save and sound in their all white gated community.
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  • Sean wrote...
    How she gets five years for this...
    July 16, 2012 9:33 am
    ...when a drunk driver gets that, or even LESS, for KILLING someone... Lawmakers, you are DERELICT in your duty to your constituents. And yeah, that drunk-driver killer will also be out in, what, a year or two?
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  • caravanb wrote...
    I hate thugs as much as the next guy
    July 16, 2012 9:53 am
    But, man, 5 years for driving the guy that helped the guy seems a bit much.
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  • caravanb wrote...
    My comments were removed but a personq
    July 16, 2012 9:54 am
    Wishing others are killed by thugs (reality check) remains??
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  • caravanb wrote...
    MYNW, Why are comments that speak the truth removed
    July 16, 2012 10:09 am
    But comments that are derratory against non thugs kept? It isn't racist to point out facts.
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  • BigBlackGuy wrote...
    What Ever!
    July 16, 2012 1:31 pm
    "Woman accused of helping killer of Wash. She met him at a home on a dirt road a few miles away, where she pressed him on what he had done, he said, and even after Blake acknowledged that he "shot a cop," she continued trying to help. "She was actively trying to find a way for him to get out of the area," This white woman only received 1 year in prison, and will probably be out next month because she's white. Where is the hate, and excuses about this case. Where are all the white leaders who whine about black people: Rush Limbaugh, Sara Palin, Glen Beck, Fox News, Dog the bounty hunter, Bill O' Reilly, etc. Huh.
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