07-13-2011, 04:54 PM
you should see Amber Alerts on the road Maggot.
he is recently released felon and suspect in these murders:
WHITE CREEK NY -- Three people died in a suspicious early morning house fire in White Creek on Wednesday, and police were seeking a local felon as a person of interest in the case, authorities said.
The victims were identified as a husband and wife, and the husband's adult son, officials said.
Police would not say how they died, and would not comment on reports from neighbors that investigators questioned them about whether they heard gunshots before the fire was spotted.
Police were withholding the names of the victims until autopsies were performed later Wednesday, but said they were believed to be residents of the home.
However, White Creek Town Supervisor Bob Shay said that the victims included Dan Harrington, deputy town highway superintendent, and his wife, Lisa. Harrington's young adult son was the third apparent victim, but his name was not released. (THAT WAS HIS MOTHER)
Shay said he met with highway workers on Wednesday to tell them of the news and discuss the department's operations. Both Harrington and his wife served on the town Recreation Commission, Shay said.
"They were good people. Dan was a real good employee," Shay said. "We all feel horrible. It's just so sad."
The man who police are seeking for questioning is Matthew A. Slocum, 24, the son of the woman who died in the fire, police said. He was believed to have fled the area early Wednesday, before the fire was spotted.
Slocum is a felon who served a prison sentence for grand larceny between 2006 and 2010 and who acquaintances said has a history of mental illness, authorities said.
Police said Slocum, his girlfriend, Loretta Colegrove, and their 4-month-old son, Raymond, fled the area driving a black Ford Mustang with New York license plate DED1769.
Police would not identify Slocum as a suspect but said he is a "person of interest."
"They may be able to give some clues about this fire," Washington County Sheriff Roger Leclaire said of the occupants of the Mustang. "At this point we're not saying that (whether Slocum is a suspect) but we want to talk to the occupants of that vehicle about this fire."
Authorities said the three visited the girlfriend's mother's home in Adams, Mass., around 5 a.m. Wednesday, but left a short time later and had not been seen since. Police were investigating a possible sighting in a wooded area of southwest New Hampshire late Wednesday afternoon as well.
Colegrove's stepfather, James Sicotte of Adams, Mass., said Wednesday afternoon that police had asked them not to discuss the visit.
"All I can say is that we'd like to have Loretta and the baby returned safely," he said.
The couple had been together about a year, he said.
Washington County Undersheriff Matt Mabb said authorities planned to issue an Amber Alert later Wednesday to notify motorists and others to be on the lookout for the baby.
An Amber Alert is a procedure for rapidly publicizing the disappearance of a child. It had been issued in New York and Massachusetts.
The cause of the fire was labeled suspicious, and the State Police Major Crimes Unit and forensic technicians were dispatched to the fire scene, officials said.
Leclaire would not discuss the fire's cause or comment on the police questions to neighbors about gunshots.
Police went door-to-door on Wednesday morning to ask neighbors if they had heard gunshots before the fire. Guns that had been in the home were unaccounted for, police said.
The fire, which was "fully involved" upon firefighters' arrival, leveled about two-thirds of the house at 118 Turnpike Road in the hamlet of Eagle Bridge.
The fire was reported at 4:09 a.m.
Police said they believed five or six people were living in the house at the time of the fire, including the Harringtons and Slocum.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office, State Police and state Bureau of Fire are investigating.
More details will be posted as they become available.
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he is recently released felon and suspect in these murders:
WHITE CREEK NY -- Three people died in a suspicious early morning house fire in White Creek on Wednesday, and police were seeking a local felon as a person of interest in the case, authorities said.
The victims were identified as a husband and wife, and the husband's adult son, officials said.
Police would not say how they died, and would not comment on reports from neighbors that investigators questioned them about whether they heard gunshots before the fire was spotted.
Police were withholding the names of the victims until autopsies were performed later Wednesday, but said they were believed to be residents of the home.
However, White Creek Town Supervisor Bob Shay said that the victims included Dan Harrington, deputy town highway superintendent, and his wife, Lisa. Harrington's young adult son was the third apparent victim, but his name was not released. (THAT WAS HIS MOTHER)
Shay said he met with highway workers on Wednesday to tell them of the news and discuss the department's operations. Both Harrington and his wife served on the town Recreation Commission, Shay said.
"They were good people. Dan was a real good employee," Shay said. "We all feel horrible. It's just so sad."
The man who police are seeking for questioning is Matthew A. Slocum, 24, the son of the woman who died in the fire, police said. He was believed to have fled the area early Wednesday, before the fire was spotted.
Slocum is a felon who served a prison sentence for grand larceny between 2006 and 2010 and who acquaintances said has a history of mental illness, authorities said.
Police said Slocum, his girlfriend, Loretta Colegrove, and their 4-month-old son, Raymond, fled the area driving a black Ford Mustang with New York license plate DED1769.
Police would not identify Slocum as a suspect but said he is a "person of interest."
"They may be able to give some clues about this fire," Washington County Sheriff Roger Leclaire said of the occupants of the Mustang. "At this point we're not saying that (whether Slocum is a suspect) but we want to talk to the occupants of that vehicle about this fire."
Authorities said the three visited the girlfriend's mother's home in Adams, Mass., around 5 a.m. Wednesday, but left a short time later and had not been seen since. Police were investigating a possible sighting in a wooded area of southwest New Hampshire late Wednesday afternoon as well.
Colegrove's stepfather, James Sicotte of Adams, Mass., said Wednesday afternoon that police had asked them not to discuss the visit.
"All I can say is that we'd like to have Loretta and the baby returned safely," he said.
The couple had been together about a year, he said.
Washington County Undersheriff Matt Mabb said authorities planned to issue an Amber Alert later Wednesday to notify motorists and others to be on the lookout for the baby.
An Amber Alert is a procedure for rapidly publicizing the disappearance of a child. It had been issued in New York and Massachusetts.
The cause of the fire was labeled suspicious, and the State Police Major Crimes Unit and forensic technicians were dispatched to the fire scene, officials said.
Leclaire would not discuss the fire's cause or comment on the police questions to neighbors about gunshots.
Police went door-to-door on Wednesday morning to ask neighbors if they had heard gunshots before the fire. Guns that had been in the home were unaccounted for, police said.
The fire, which was "fully involved" upon firefighters' arrival, leveled about two-thirds of the house at 118 Turnpike Road in the hamlet of Eagle Bridge.
The fire was reported at 4:09 a.m.
Police said they believed five or six people were living in the house at the time of the fire, including the Harringtons and Slocum.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office, State Police and state Bureau of Fire are investigating.
More details will be posted as they become available.