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Murder Suspect Climbs Atlanta Crane, Won't Come Down
Florida Authorities Say Man is a Suspect in Girlfriend's Killing
POSTED: 5:08 am EDT May 26, 2005
UPDATED: 11:35 am EDT May 26, 2005
ATLANTA -- Atlanta police worked Thursday morning to coax a man who is apparently wanted in Florida on a murder charge down from an 18-story construction crane.
Police have shut down a Buckhead intersection while the man sits atop a crane.
Roads in the city's Buckhead area were closed overnight after Carl Edward Roland, 41, of Clearwater, Fla., climbed to the top of the crane during the start of Wednesday's afternoon rush hour.
Police in Pinellas County, Fla., said the man is a suspect in the death of his girlfriend, Jennifer L. Gonzalez, 36, whose badly beaten body was found Tuesday in a retention pond.
The man climbed up the crane, which was at a construction site of a new building, at about 5 p.m. and would not come down. The man was about 160 feet above the ground. At least four police officers were positioned 30 to 40 feet away from the man on the crane.
During the standoff Wednesday, the man walked along the crane, sat on it and reclined on it while negotiators tried to get him to calm down. Police negotiators tried to talk to the man throughout the night as he contemplated committing suicide, said Atlanta police spokesman Sgt. John Quigley
At one point, he apparently threw his wallet down to police.
Carl Edward Roland "It was his ID and his credit card and library card that he was throwing down," said Chris Voisey, who is visiting from Los Angeles and was eating at a restaurant as the event began unfolding. "They actually landed on Peachtree Street."
Voisey said he believes the man is crying out for attention.
"He wants to talk to someone," Voisey said. "He's obviously looking for a way out of something."
Volatile American's Thoughts:
Oh give me a damn break. If he wasn't guilty why is the idiot "hiding" on top of a crane? Why not just surrender to police, give your alibi, invoke your attorney right, and go about your merry way. Nope, this just screams "GUILTY". In a perfect world this is how the scenario would play out:
Suspect: I want attention, I'm a murdering scumbag, a killer of women, but I want attention.
Police: We are bringing in a negoiator, are you sure you don't want to come down?
Suspect: I am not coming down.
Police: Okey Dokey, no problem.
Negotiator: What do we have here?
Police: Beat his girlfreind to death, currently hiding on top of that crane...well not really hiding, just hanging out.
Negotiator: Is he going to come down?
Police: No
Negoiator: Hey!!! You there, on top of that crane!!
Suspect: Me?! Yes?! Are the negotiator?
Negotiator: Yes, get your silly ass down here...right now.
Suspect: NO!
Negotiator: Okey Dokey. Officer, he's to far up for a regular retrival, fetch me a .223
Police: Okey Dokey.
Negotiator: Last chance scumbag...coming down or not?
Suspect: NO
Police: Here 'ya go
Negotiator: Thanks, little windy...what do you think, a couple degrees adjustment?
Police: Yeah, that should cover it.
Negotiator: **BANG**
Police: Nice shot sir, excellent negotiation and use of tax payer money.
Negoatiator: Well, .50 for a round or ten grand for a trial we know the outcome of anyway and supporting him in prison for life.
General Public: YAY!!!!!!!!!!
That my friends, is how it should be done.
Into the sunset,
VA
Florida Authorities Say Man is a Suspect in Girlfriend's Killing
POSTED: 5:08 am EDT May 26, 2005
UPDATED: 11:35 am EDT May 26, 2005
ATLANTA -- Atlanta police worked Thursday morning to coax a man who is apparently wanted in Florida on a murder charge down from an 18-story construction crane.
Police have shut down a Buckhead intersection while the man sits atop a crane.
Roads in the city's Buckhead area were closed overnight after Carl Edward Roland, 41, of Clearwater, Fla., climbed to the top of the crane during the start of Wednesday's afternoon rush hour.
Police in Pinellas County, Fla., said the man is a suspect in the death of his girlfriend, Jennifer L. Gonzalez, 36, whose badly beaten body was found Tuesday in a retention pond.
The man climbed up the crane, which was at a construction site of a new building, at about 5 p.m. and would not come down. The man was about 160 feet above the ground. At least four police officers were positioned 30 to 40 feet away from the man on the crane.
During the standoff Wednesday, the man walked along the crane, sat on it and reclined on it while negotiators tried to get him to calm down. Police negotiators tried to talk to the man throughout the night as he contemplated committing suicide, said Atlanta police spokesman Sgt. John Quigley
At one point, he apparently threw his wallet down to police.
Carl Edward Roland "It was his ID and his credit card and library card that he was throwing down," said Chris Voisey, who is visiting from Los Angeles and was eating at a restaurant as the event began unfolding. "They actually landed on Peachtree Street."
Voisey said he believes the man is crying out for attention.
"He wants to talk to someone," Voisey said. "He's obviously looking for a way out of something."
Volatile American's Thoughts:
Oh give me a damn break. If he wasn't guilty why is the idiot "hiding" on top of a crane? Why not just surrender to police, give your alibi, invoke your attorney right, and go about your merry way. Nope, this just screams "GUILTY". In a perfect world this is how the scenario would play out:
Suspect: I want attention, I'm a murdering scumbag, a killer of women, but I want attention.
Police: We are bringing in a negoiator, are you sure you don't want to come down?
Suspect: I am not coming down.
Police: Okey Dokey, no problem.
Negotiator: What do we have here?
Police: Beat his girlfreind to death, currently hiding on top of that crane...well not really hiding, just hanging out.
Negotiator: Is he going to come down?
Police: No
Negoiator: Hey!!! You there, on top of that crane!!
Suspect: Me?! Yes?! Are the negotiator?
Negotiator: Yes, get your silly ass down here...right now.
Suspect: NO!
Negotiator: Okey Dokey. Officer, he's to far up for a regular retrival, fetch me a .223
Police: Okey Dokey.
Negotiator: Last chance scumbag...coming down or not?
Suspect: NO
Police: Here 'ya go
Negotiator: Thanks, little windy...what do you think, a couple degrees adjustment?
Police: Yeah, that should cover it.
Negotiator: **BANG**
Police: Nice shot sir, excellent negotiation and use of tax payer money.
Negoatiator: Well, .50 for a round or ten grand for a trial we know the outcome of anyway and supporting him in prison for life.
General Public: YAY!!!!!!!!!!
That my friends, is how it should be done.
Into the sunset,
VA
posted by Volatile American at 9:10 AM
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