The Clinton Police Department issued the following statement.
Clinton Police have arrested an individual wanted in connection to multiple burglaries in Clinton and the metro Jackson area. Between February 8, 2019 and April 4, 2019, the Clinton police Department investigated nearly twenty (20) auto burglaries. Of the reported burglaries, all thefts occurred as the result of unlocked vehicle doors.
The primary target of the burglaries were firearms being unattended in the vehicles being left unlocked. With the aid of the Flowood, Mississippi Police Department, Clinton Police detectives were provided evidence that linked 18 year old Quanneic “Quan” Phillips of Jackson, Mississippi to the burglaries. Photographic and video evidence depicts Quan in possession of several stolen firearms, believed to have been stolen as a result of auto burglaries in Clinton.
Armed with arrest warrants issued by CPD, the US Marshal Task Force located and arrested Quan on April 10, 2019 on Dixon Road in Jackson. Additional evidence gathered by the CPD detectives determined that Quan was responsible for a residential burglary in Clinton, just one (1) day prior to his arrest.
Further evidence linked Quan to residential and auto burglaries in Jackson, Mississippi. As of June 4, 2019, Clinton Police have Quan charged with fifteen (15) counts of Auto Burglary, one (1) count of Trafficking in Stolen Firearms, and one (1) count residential burglary. Bond is set at $320,000.00.
In each of these cases, the cars were left open and provided an opportunity for theft.. It is important to be responsible and secure firearms in residences, as they should not be left in unattended vehicles. These stolen firearms will ultimately play a role in a violent crime. Firearms left in vehicles are the primary target for would be thieves.
Clinton Police are seeking the partnership of residents in reducing the opportunity for theft by locking vehicles and securing firearms in residences when not utilizing a vehicle.
Residents are reminded to lock doors at your residence or on your vehicle. Vehicle doors left unlocked provide an opportunity for someone who most likely wouldn’t have forced entry into a locked vehicle. Police Chief Ford Hayman noted that, more often than not, auto burglaries are the result of vehicles being left unlocked.
“An unlocked vehicle is an opportunity for a thief, especially if valuables are left in plain view,” Hayman noted. Aside from locking your vehicle, take a moment to remove valuables: wallets, purses, guns, electronics, sporting equipment, etc. from your vehicle. Removing and securing your property is eliminating an opportunity for a thief.”
Kingfish note: The Hinds County Public Defender took strong exception to the handling of this case and filed a petition for a writ of Habeas Corpus on May 31. There is a dispute between the city of Clinton and the Public Defender over the representation of criminal defendants in municipal court.
The Public Defender's petition stated Phillips was held in the Raymond Detention Center since May 3 without indictment. He was charged with 14 counts of auto burglary and one count of trafficking in stolen firearms. Clinton police charged him with another count of auto burglary and one count of house burglary after his arrest.
The Clinton Municipal Court appointed the Hinds County Public Defender on May 3 to represent Philips. However, the Court also scheduled his preliminary hearing for May 15. The Public Defender squawked the Court did not provide timely notice until "late afternoon, May 13." The Court postponed the hearing until May 22. However, the Public Defender twice told the Court it would be unavailable.
The Public Defender tried to have it both ways as it argued it couldn't attend the preliminary hearing but then argued Phillips should be set free "due to failure to hold a preliminary hearing within 14 days of the demand issued by the Court on May 3." The petition states he remains in jail due to his inability to pay a $320,000 cash bond.
The petition is assigned to Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd.
4 comments:
Morons! If you are going to leave a firearm in a vehicle:
1. LOCK YOUR FUCKING CAR!
2. Spend $11 at Academy Sports and buy a small gun safe made for vehicles. No drilling required!
3. Its people like you that make it harder for the rest of us to defend the Second Amendment!
Oh great; Judge Kidd. LET THE BLESSINGS FLOW!
This punk is more seasoned than an Outback steak! If 'they' find a way to let him walk, we are in deep shit.
If this defender was sincere, this defender would also be squawking about the dozens of detainees in the detention center in Raymond who have not been indicted but have been sitting there for 6 months to a year. The only difference is that this one dude is in Clinton and they don't like Clinton stirring the pot.
The public defenders in Hinds County have had things too easy for the last decade. Good for Clinton to assist Hinds' judicial system and keep the process moving.
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