Post by Scumhunter on Oct 16, 2018 4:04:33 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: democratandchronicle.com)
From democratandchronicle.com:
Federal law enforcement agencies are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of fugitive David Clyde Morgan.
The Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Marshals Service this week announced the reward.
Morgan, considered "armed and dangerous," was last seen July 18 running away from a traffic stop initiated by Geneseo police in Livingston County.
Police say Morgan, of Wilmington, North Carolina, and his girlfriend Sandra Brown were in a white SUV stolen from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, when they were pulled over by Geneseo police Officer Dylan DiPasquale.
Police allege that Morgan pointed a gun at DiPisquale, and that Brown also allegedly aimed what appeared to be a handgun at the officer. DiPisquale fired a shot.
The incident was recorded on a dashboard camera in the patrol car.
Authorities at one point thought Morgan might be dead, possibly having taken his own life, but no signs of him were found in a recent search of fields near the area where he fled from police.
Morgan was indicted in 2002 in Fort Worth, Texas, on a felony charge of conspiring with two other men to distribute methamphetamines. He pleaded guilty in November 2002 and was sentenced to 17½ years in federal prison.
He spent the last six years of his incarceration in a medium-security federal prison in Ray Brook, in New York's Adirondack Mountains region.
Morgan was released on probation in the spring of 2017 and received permission from authorities in Texas to move to the area around Wilmington, according to documents filed in federal court.
If alive, Morgan has been missing longer than the two men — Richard Matt and David Sweat — who broke out of the maximum-security state prison, the Clinton Correctional Facility, in 2016. Matt was fatally shot by police after 21 days on the run, while Sweat was captured on the 23rd day after the escape.
www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/10/15/david-clyde-morgan-search-atf-marshals-offer-5-000-info-fugitive/1651319002/
Additional relevant links:
13wham.com/news/local/atf-offering-5000-reward-for-information-on-david-clyde-morgan
13wham.com/news/local/police-agencies-continuing-to-search-for-david-clyde-morgan-two-months-after-traffic-stop
www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/09/19/david-clyde-morgan-search-geneseo-sandra-brown/1355884002/
Thoughts? I would have added Morgan sooner to the site but didn't since previous articles indicated he was basically presumed dead (committed suicide in nearby cornfield of incident) by authorities and it was more a "recovery" effort than a "find the fugitive" effort. Since it seems the manhunt and possibility he may actually be alive is apparently now back on, I'm adding him to the site.
Me and HeadMarshal have been on the record this year as being frustrated when fugitives wanted for relatively non-violent drug crimes are given attention over murderers and child molesters. (The FBI website in 2018, for example, seems to have more than half of their new fugitive additions be drug crime fugitives as opposed to violent murderers and sex offenders). This is not to condone drug crimes, but rather the intense focus on fugitives who for the most part are not as dangerous as actual murderers and also ignoring the threat to children with known pedophiles on the run.
However, this case is different as Morgan actually allegedly pointed a gun at a police officer, according to reports told friends told friends he'd rather die than back to prison, and I fear for law enforcement and the general public's safety as well if he is somehow still alive and still out there. Although different types of alleged crimes and personalities, Morgan has sort of become the David Burgert of upstate New York. The question as to whether Burgert is dead or alive still hasn't been answered to this day. As of this posting date (10/16/2018), it still hasn't been answered for Morgan either. But hopefully there will be much sooner closure in this case.
Admin Note #1: According to online reports, anyone with information on David Clyde Morgan should contact the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) at (888) ATF-TIPS, email at ATFTips@atf.gov and/or submit a tip via the ATF's website: www.atf.gov/contact/atf-tips
Admin Note #2: If you have any (news-related) updates on this case, please contact us here: amwfans.com/thread/1662/website-contact-form
