Dodge City Police Officer a Suspect for Murder!

[blondemoments]

Originally Posted by 88-31-10

Hey KC,
Do you post from work also? If so, isn't that a violation of ILA/SEC internet usage policy?

if so, how would that be any business of yours???? geez, get a life

[TexKan]

Every suspect is on the loose until they are charged. You can't detain them while you do your investigation - remember he wasn't there at the scene. I think perhaps the KBI should be takin the heat but I bet they are doin what they are supposed to do. It's frustraitng as hell that's for sure but it's the legal system. If he did it I hope he gets his due but I would hope that for any person that murdered another accident or planned.

[grlddg]

Well the Colorado newspapers are buzzing with information. It's pretty dumb to steal a car with an on-star system, and I think that's what they are really highlighting throughout the stories. On-Star catches criminal! Robocop?? j/k

Well, I guess lets see what the Globe has in store for us tomorrow...Hopefully "not any new leads!" Lol

[midgetlover]

Every suspect is on the loose until they are charged. You can't detain them while you do your investigation - remember he wasn't there at the scene. I think perhaps the KBI should be takin the heat but I bet they are doin what they are supposed to do. It's frustraitng as hell that's for sure but it's the legal system. If he did it I hope he gets his due but I would hope that for any person that murdered another accident or planned.





BS im no angel and ill tell you what they have held me more than once until they charged me so i believe certain ppl in certain standings get certain treatment. Whether i was innocent or not

[lurker]

Originally Posted by midgetlover

Every suspect is on the loose until they are charged. You can't detain them while you do your investigation - remember he wasn't there at the scene. I think perhaps the KBI should be takin the heat but I bet they are doin what they are supposed to do. It's frustraitng as hell that's for sure but it's the legal system. If he did it I hope he gets his due but I would hope that for any person that murdered another accident or planned.





BS im no angel and ill tell you what they have held me more than once until they charged me so i believe certain ppl in certain standings get certain treatment. Whether i was innocent or not

They'll hold me just for walking around town; ......... unless I have a chain attached to a human.

[justanotherthorn]

denver & the west
Ex-cop led I-70 chase
Dodge City, Kan., man held in slaying of his bank-teller ex-girlfriend
By Kirk Mitchell
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 05/14/2007 06:09:54 AM MDT

Christopher Tahah (The Denver Post)

A former lawman from Dodge City is accused of gunning down a bank teller. But this is a current crime, not a historical tale.

Christopher Tahah, 33, a former Dodge City, Kan., cop, was arrested in Kit Carson County on Friday after, authorities said, he stole a Hummer and led police on a chase across the Eastern Plains of Colorado. Upon his capture, Colorado officials learned Tahah was wanted on a Kansas murder warrant in the killing of his ex-girlfriend.

"I really don't know of anything that happened in Dodge City's folklore like this," Dodge City manager Jeff Pederson said.

Tahah, who is being held in the Lincoln County jail in Hugo, had been sought for allegedly killing bank teller Erin L. Jones, 31, at her Dodge City home May 5, Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesman Kyle Smith said Sunday.

Jones was a community- theater actress who recently performed in the musical comedy "Wild Women Never Get the Blues" at the Homestead Theater in Dodge City.

"She was fun," said the play's writer and director, Jim Johnson. "She was a real sweet kid to work with. We were just absolutely stunned to hear what happened."

Carol Wade, Jones' mother, said Tahah came over to their house on Easter and was very kind and polite. Her daughter worked at the Bank of America in Dodge City and had a daughter and a son, ages 7 and 5 respectively, she said.

But Jones later told friends she was afraid of Tahah after she broke up with him shortly after Easter and thought he was stalking her, Wade said.

Her daughter was shot execution-style in the head, Wade said.

"It scares me to death he was even around here," she said.

When Dodge City police learned that Tahah had been Jones' boyfriend recently, they referred the case to the KBI, Pederson said.

"The police department should not investigate one of its own," he said.

Pederson said that Tahah, who has been a police officer for about three years, was suspended May 5 when he became a suspect in Jones' murder. He was fired Thursday.

The Colorado State Patrol became involved Friday after receiving a call from OnStar, the General Motors auto-monitoring service, about a stolen black 2003 Hummer.

Tahah allegedly stole the SUV in Denver and led police on a chase on eastbound Interstate 70, said Gilbert Mares, State Patrol spokesman.

CSP officers tried four times to use spikes that deflate tires and pulled Tahah over twice, but each time he either swerved around the spikes or sped off when officers approached the SUV.

Dodge City Councilman Richard Sowers said the police are supposed to protect citizens.

"It's just so out of what you'd expect a police officer to act like," he said Sunday. "It's rather shocking."

Staff writer Kirk Mitchell can be reached at 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com.

[TexKan]

Wait, Wait, Wait!!!............ that said WARRaNT............. is that correct?

[Army_of_One]

It also said FORMER Dodge City, KS cop...lol. I guess they disown you pretty quick..

This guy (if guilty) should be given the max penalty.......

[Tee]

fired while on the run.... Is that like the "If you fall off the roof, you're fired before you hit the ground" line?

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by justanotherthorn

...Upon his capture, Colorado officials learned Tahah was wanted on a Kansas murder warrant in the killing of his ex-girlfriend....

...Pederson said that Tahah, who has been a police officer for about three years, was suspended May 5 when he became a suspect in Jones' murder. He was fired Thursday....

Looks like somebody with the city knew that he was first suspended and then fired before the article in the Globe on Friday that said no new information on the case! If the City Manager knew, then the DCPD definitely knew, yet the info was left out of the paper, that he was wanted or that he was on the run.