Spam King Escapes From Federal Prison 596
Bobfrankly1 writes "The FBI, IRS, and the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force are helping the US Marshals search for escaped 'Spam King' Edward 'Eddie' Davidson. He apparently jumped in a car with his wife, changed clothes at home, and hasn't been seen since." Update: 07/24 22:20 GMT by T : It seems that Davidson has been found, victim of a murder-suicide which also left two others dead.
The FBI press release (Score:5, Informative)
Regrets? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:What to do next? (Score:3, Informative)
Even in some place like Mexico he would be quite a stand out if he flashed cash...
We have bank cards now, too. Just like you guys. If he starts flashing cash, the Zetas will get him.
Didn't know what it was, so I looked it up... (Score:5, Informative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Camp [wikipedia.org]
This describes the one in Nevada. (I couldn't find the one in CO)
Inmates, who dress in tan shirts and pants, may participate in a work program on Nellis AFB. The inmates typically perform janitorial services, cleaning floors, restrooms, and emptying trash from office buildings around the base. They also perform groundskeeping, and clean the base bowling alley. Each workcenter that uses inmate labor must assign an NCO or officer to monitor and direct the work throughout the day. These monitors receive a card after training (a video and lecture given by the correctional officers). The card authorizes monitors to transport the prisoners with them each morning (most weekdays) to their workcenters. Inmates are not allowed to leave the base to perform work. Inmates often say the work relieves the boredom they would otherwise face at the prison camp. The program saves taxpayers money that would otherwise be spent on contracted services or longer/less productive work hours by military personnel.
And this is about the Women's one in WV:
The camp comprises 105 acres (425,000 mÂ) of rolling hills. While there are no metal fences surrounding the camp, prisoners have schedules and must work. Free time is spent playing volleyball, softball or tennis.
Most of the inmates at FPC Alderson have been convicted of non-violent or white-collar crime. They sleep in bunk beds in dormitories or in cottages.
2nd amendment FTW (Score:5, Informative)
You're allowed to shoot escaped convicts on sight, right?
Re:Federal prison camp? (Score:5, Informative)
If you're in the US, you're blissfully ignorant of the reality of the situation. My friend Linda was sent to Dwight Correctional Center, [wikipedia.org] a maximum security hellhole, for non-violent drug posesssion. Not sales, mind you, but nonviolent posession for personal use.
OTOH Lance Carter, a violent asshole who was dishonorably discharged from the Marines who I avoid when possible, broke into a man's home and tried to murder him with a large butcher knife. He spent two weeks in the Sangamon County Jail for home invasion.
I was going to link the newspaper article about his arrest, but it appears they've removed it. It's quoted in this NSFW journal [slashdot.org] about the incident.
Re:Editors (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Editors (Score:3, Informative)
Re:What to do next? (Score:5, Informative)
The rate at which female inmates are raped is even higher than among males.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/382/tellthestories.shtml [stopthedrugwar.org]
I couldn't find the article, but I read one on CNN which stated that sex is treated as a currency in womens prison where often times male guards are working even thought that is not supposed to be the case. AFAIR it was talking about cases where female prisoners were routinely "rented" out to male prisoners by the guards.
The male population in prison is much higher, which makes for a higher number of rape cases, but relatively speaking the problem is even worse among the female prison population.
Re:What to do next? (Score:3, Informative)
FBI's picture is a dead link (Score:3, Informative)
On the Denver FBI's page for the escape [fbi.gov], the picture of Davidson is a dead link. (There are press photos, but a Government picture can be put into Wikipedia.) It's embarrassing for the FBI to issue a wanted notice for a prison break with no picture.
The Denver FBI office doesn't seem to have a contact e-mail address.
Re:His "inbox"... (Score:4, Informative)
I'm pretty sure that escaping is a felony. He's now enough of a priority.
His wife will likely also be facing jail time for this since from the description, it sounds like she assisted him in his escape. That, too, is a crime. Possibly more than one.
Cheers
Re:If only (Score:3, Informative)
Fortunately Godzillagrams [faqs.org] (sense 1) haven't been supported by IPv4 for a very long time.
Federal Prison State Prison (Score:3, Informative)
Now, instead of two years at summer camp, he will go to many more years of Federal Pound-me-in-the-a$$ Prison.
Contrary to popular Internet Wisdom(R), you are much more likely to get raped in a state prison than a federal one. Most sex-related crimes (rape, sexual assault, molestation, indecent exposure) are state crimes, not federal ones and so the vast majority of these wonderful people go to state prison. Similarly, most violent offenses are state, not federal.
To make it concrete, >50% of the population of state prisons were in for a violent offense versus 12% in the federal population. Roughly 12% of state prisoners are in for rape or other violent sexual assault, compared to basically 0% in the federal system. Statistics on rapes in the various system likewise bolsters the conclusion: don't get sent to state-pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
References:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm [usdoj.gov]
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p05.pdf [usdoj.gov] (!PDF!)
Re:Editors (Score:4, Informative)
Why exactly does what Wired decides to do make it applicable to the rest of us?
Internet = the whole enchilada - the "cloud", if you will.
internet = any group of networks
Looks like he may have killed his family, self (Score:5, Informative)
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. -- A man, woman and toddler were shot to death and a teenage girl was wounded outside a home near Bennett Thursday in what an investigator called a "horrific" scene. Neighbors told The Denver Post that the man was 'Spam King' Edward "Eddie" Davidson and his family. The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said another infant appeared to be unharmed in the shooting.
Missing 'spam king' kills self, family (Score:4, Informative)
Missing 'spam king' kills self, family
By Kieran Nicholson, Howard Pankratz and Carlos Illescas
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 07/24/2008 04:52:57 PM MDT
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9985333 [denverpost.com]
BENNETT -- Neighbors say the dead man, woman and toddler found near Bennett are the missing "spam king" and his family.
The shootings took place in the 42000 block of East Arkansas Place about 11:15 a.m. today, and the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said a man, woman and 3-year-old girl were dead.
A neighbor who did not want to be named said the man who was suspected of killing himself and the others was Eddie Davidson, who walked away from a minium-security prison camp in Florence earlier this week. He said Davidson and his family used to live in the house where they died.
The neighbor said the Davidson family -- known in Bennett as the Hills -- "pretty much stayed to themselves."
The neighbor knew
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Davidson worked in computers but not exactly what he did until he was sent to prison in April for 21 months after he pleaded guilty to tax evasion and falsifying information in e-mail pitches for low-cost, high risk penny stocks.
Davidson's Bennett-based business, Power Promoters, sent hundreds of thousands of unsolicited sales pitches to e-mail addresses around the world, selling a variety of products.
Court filings showed that Davidson's spam operation grossed about $3.5 million between 2003 and 2006.
The Sheriff's Office would not confirm the identities of the victims, saying the coroner had not yet notified family members.
Arapahoe County Undersheriff Mark Campbell said this afternoon that the bodies of a man and a woman were found in a driveway at the home outside a silver SUV. The man's body was beside the driver's door, and the woman's near the passenger side.
A boy, about 7 months old, was found unharmed in a car seat in the SUV, Campbell said.
The 3-year-old girl was found dead in the vehicle.
Federal officials confirmed that FBI agents and U.S. Marshals are assisting Arapahoe County officials on the scene.
A teenage girl, who was shot in the neck, fled to a neighbor's home, the Sheriff's Office said.
A handgun was found at the scene, Campbell said.
The teenager was taken to University Hospital for treatment, and the infant to Children's Hospital, according to the Bennett Fire Protection District.
Bob Cambron lives about a half-mile away.
He said he was working in the yard when he heard gunshots, carried on the wind.
"Immediately after the shots, there was intense screaming," Cambron said.
He drove to the house right away.
"I didn't have any idea what I was driving into," he said. "I just saw the vehicle in the driveway with bodies."
He said he was reluctant to get close "because I didn't want to be the next victim."
He said a neighbor who called 911 also helped the teenage gunshot victim.
According to neighbors, the home where the shooting occurred is about 8 years old and sits on a 35-acre parcel.
"It is a very nice home, two-story yellow, about 4,000 square feet," said neighbor Deborah Haines. The owners had horses and a barn.
Both Haines and another neighbor, Ted Schwarz, said that the current residents were new to the area, having moved in about six to 10 months ago.
Both said their new neighbor was congenial.
"He was a really nice fellow," said Schwarz. "He was out there helping dig out during the snows. The wind blows out here, and we get out the tractors to clear the roads of snow. He also helped mow the ditches."
Schwarz, who is retired, said that the area is normally very quiet.
The worst thing to happen out there, he said, was when somebody -- probably kids -- knocked down every one of the 53 mailboxes of the 53 homeowners living in the area.
"This is something really shocking," said Schwarz.
Haines said she never heard any shots and that her first indication of something being wrong was when she heard a lot of traffic on the road outside her house.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com