05-23-2016, 04:04 PM
South Toledo husband and wife make pleas in shooting plot.
John Clarke, 46, of the 400 block of Danberry Street, was then found guilty by Judge Gene Zmuda of felonious assault with a one-year firearm specification for firing a shot at Tiffany Williams on Dec. 26, 2014.
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His wife, Maytee Vazquez-Clarke, 45, was found guilty of retaliation for taking a cell phone call on the same date that directed her where to find Ms. Williams and relaying that information to her husband.
Prosecutors have alleged that the couple wanted to kill Ms. Williams because they believed she was involved in the 2011 murder of their son, Johnny Clarke, 21. The younger Clarke and his girlfriend, Lisa Straub, 20, were bound and asphyxiated in Ms. Straub's parents' Springfield Township home.
Clarke faces up to nine years in prison when he is sentenced July 8, while Vazquez-Clarke faces a maximum of three years in prison.
Also charged in the case is now-retired Toledo Police Lt. Frank Ramirez, 59, of the 5900 block of Tetherwood Drive, who allegedly assisted in the plot by giving Vazquez-Clarke information about Ms. Williams' whereabouts the night of the shooting.
As part of the Clarkes' plea agreements, both agreed they would cooperate with prosecutors and testify against Mr. Ramirez at this trial, which Judge Zmuda set for Aug. 29.
So they're throwing the cop under the bus.
John Clarke, 46, of the 400 block of Danberry Street, was then found guilty by Judge Gene Zmuda of felonious assault with a one-year firearm specification for firing a shot at Tiffany Williams on Dec. 26, 2014.
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His wife, Maytee Vazquez-Clarke, 45, was found guilty of retaliation for taking a cell phone call on the same date that directed her where to find Ms. Williams and relaying that information to her husband.
Prosecutors have alleged that the couple wanted to kill Ms. Williams because they believed she was involved in the 2011 murder of their son, Johnny Clarke, 21. The younger Clarke and his girlfriend, Lisa Straub, 20, were bound and asphyxiated in Ms. Straub's parents' Springfield Township home.
Clarke faces up to nine years in prison when he is sentenced July 8, while Vazquez-Clarke faces a maximum of three years in prison.
Also charged in the case is now-retired Toledo Police Lt. Frank Ramirez, 59, of the 5900 block of Tetherwood Drive, who allegedly assisted in the plot by giving Vazquez-Clarke information about Ms. Williams' whereabouts the night of the shooting.
As part of the Clarkes' plea agreements, both agreed they would cooperate with prosecutors and testify against Mr. Ramirez at this trial, which Judge Zmuda set for Aug. 29.
So they're throwing the cop under the bus.