Derrick Yancey , Msg 04/04/09, Jonesboro GA [IN CUSTODY]

[sarahhod]

Victim's Family On Fugitive Search

Updated 4/5/2009 10:40:38 PM

Posted By: Duffie Dixon


JONESBORO- Just as Linda Yancey's family is coming to terms with losing her, word that her accused killer is now missing. It's a person they know well- he is Linda's husband, Derrick Yancey, a former sheriff's deputy.
Linda's sister, Sandra Hannon, and other family members spoke for the first time Sunday about the crime itself and Yancey's escape.
"We don't know where he could be. He had a lot of hate for me and my siblings. I would say what he would do," said Hannon.
Last December, Linda Yancey and a day laborer, Marcial Cax-Puluc of Guatamala, were shot and killed inside the Yanceys' home in Stone Mountain.
Derrick Yancey initially told police Cax-Puluc robbed Linda and shot her. Yancey said he fired and killed Cax-Puluc in self defense. Investigators say later tests showed Yancey killed both victims.
The crime didn't come as a complete surprise to Linda's family.
"We wanted her to leave. They were living together for the sake of the kids, but hadn't been husband and wife for a long time. Derrick was strange. He would get mad at Linda and take it out on the children. He was a bully," said Hannon.
After Yancey was arrested, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Linda Workman gave a $150,000 bond and allowed him to be released on house arrest to his mother's home and wear an ankle monitor.
Sometime early Saturday morning, DeKalb police say Yancey broke off the device and left the home.
"It's unbelievable. We want to know how he was ever given bond in the first place. This is a man accused of killing two innocent people. He's dangerous," said Loletha Denise Hale, an attorney for Linda's family.
While they are displeased with his escape, Linda's family is convinced it won't take authorities long to find him.
"He was stupid to run. He can't get very far. I think they'll catch up with him shortly," said Claude Thomas, Linda's brother.

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[sarahhod]

Former deputy out on bail is missing

Published: April 5, 2009 at 8:04 PM


ATLANTA, April 5 (UPI) -- A former sheriff's deputy in Georgia, who is out on bail pending trial in the deaths of his wife and a laborer, has gone missing, officials said. Derrick Yancey, a former DeKalb County Sheriff's deputy, was on home arrest awaiting trial, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sunday.
Officials said Saturday that Yancey, 49, was missing from his mother and stepfather's home in Jonesboro, Ga.
"He was (wearing) an electronic monitor and was restricted to the house," sheriff's spokeswoman Lt. Billi Akins said. "We received info that he cut the bracelet off and left his residence."
Yancey was indicted and arrested in August for the June shooting death of his wife Linda, 44, and day laborer Marcial Cax Puluc, 20. He told police he killed Puluc in self-defense, after Puluc killed his wife.
Officials said lab tests showed he killed both victims, the newspaper reported.



http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/05/Former-deputy-out-on-bail-is-missing/UPI-32411238976260/

[sarahhod]

Search For Fugitive

Updated 4/5/2009 10:13:35 PM


Posted By: Catherine Kim


ATLANTA, Ga. -- The search for a former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy, turned double murder suspect, is now coast-to-coast and reaching into Canada.

Authorities all across the country and along the Canadian border have been notified to be on the lookout for Derrick Yancey. He apparently skipped town Saturday morning, while on home incarceration and awaiting trial for murder.

Making an urgent plea for help during a press conference for the public's help, DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown said "sometime, we believe, around 5:30 am, he violated the terms of his in house probation,"

Deputies say 49-year-old Derrick Yancey has on been on the run since early Saturday morning, "desperate, armed, and dangerous."

Yancey, who is charged with the double murder of his wife Linda and day laborer Marcial Puluc, was out on a $150,000 bond and had been under house arrest at his mother's Jonesboro home since August.

Sheriff Brown says Yancey destroyed his ankle bracelet. But deputies didn't get word until eleven hours later.

"Our efforts here at the Sheriff's office has been hampered by the fact that we were notified somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 or 4:30 p.m," said Brown.

And the question is why the 11-hour delay? Deputies say Yancey's parents were home. They say a private probation company -- in charge of monitoring Yancey's movements -- didn't notice something was wrong until Saturday afternoon and called the house.

"And when [Yancey's parents] went to his room to bring him to the phone is when they told the probation people that he was not at the house, and in fact, had left the house."

The Sheriff says the probation office and Yancey's parents will be a part of a growing investigation. It's unclear whether charges will be filed.

In an August 2008 interview with 11Alive, Yancey's defense attorney Keith Adams talked about why his client should be released and granted bond.

"He is a man who had he wanted to run would have run within the last 2 months, but he has not. He is not a flight risk. He is not a danger to the community. He is innocent," said Adams, after Yancey was indicted for two counts of murder.

But Yancey did run and deputies say he is a danger.

"We do know from talking to family members that he had been depressed over the past few days. He had voiced concerns of wanting to see at least one of his sons," said Sheriff Brown.

The Sheriff says Yancey has not made an attempt to contact his teenage son. But with every hour, the trail to find Yancey grows cold.

"I will be honest with you. We do not know. He's had too much of a head start on us," said Brown. "We don't have that trail."
Anyone with information should call the DeKalb Sheriff's Fugitive Squad at 404-298-8200.


http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=128714&catid=3

[Roamer]

There should be no bail for murderers. None!

[sarahhod]

Not just an accused murderer but x 2. What an earth was the judge thinking when he gave him bail.:madranting94dp:

Maybe him being ex LE made the judge decide he wasn't a risk.:waitasec:

[sarahhod]

Hunt for Missing Deputy

By Jon Lewis @ April 6, 2009 7:00 AM Permalink (http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/04/hunt-for-missing-deputy.html) | Comments (0) (http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/04/hunt-for-missing-deputy.html#commentForm)

(WSB Radio) A former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy, accused in a double murder, remains on the run today.
Derrick Yancy was free on bond and under house arrest when he vanished. He's charged with murdering his wife and a day laborer.
Yancy was confined to his parent's home in Jonesboro when he took off on Saturday morning.
"At around 5:30 a.m., he violated the terms of his in-house probation," says DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown, "removed the ankle bracelet and has not been seen or heard from since."
Brown says Yancy got a big head start because the company that was monitoring him did not report him missing for eleven hours.
"We are looking but, I will be honest, we have very little to go on, at this point," Brown says. "We believe, given the circumstances, that he is a desperate individual. We do not have any firsthand knowledge that he is armed."


http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/04/hunt-for-missing-deputy.html

Didn't report it for 11 hours????

[sarahhod]

Manhunt continues for murder suspect

Ex-DeKalb deputy flees house arrest in 2 deaths

By Donna Williams Lewis (dlewis@ajc.com), Marcus K. Garner (%20mgarner@ajc.com)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, April 06, 2009


The manhunt continued Sunday for a former DeKalb County (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/index.html?cxntlid=linkr) sheriff’s deputy who had been under home arrest as he awaited trial in the deaths of his wife, Linda, and a day laborer.
Derrick Yancey, 49, was wearing an electronic ankle monitor and was restricted to the Jonesboro home of his mother and stepfather as he awaited an undetermined trial date. He was last seen there Friday night, authorities said.

Officials said Yancey got a substantial head start on the law.
The private probation company charged with Yancey’s case did not notify the county that the signal had been lost from Yancey’s bracelet until about 4 p.m. Saturday, 11 hours after a monitoring outfit notified the company, DeKalb County (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/index.html?cxntlid=linkr) Sheriff Thomas Brown Sunday.
“What happened as to why we got this delay is for another day and another investigation,” Brown said.
But Linda Yancey’s sister, Sandra Hannon, lashed out in a news conference Sunday afternoon.
“I am going to call for an independent investigation,” Hannon said. “Why wasn’t the family notified immediately? There was a breakdown in communication. Apparently someone wasn’t doing their job or didn’t care.”
Brown said information about Yancey has been submitted to a national crime database. Additionally, authorities were notified in Detroit, where Yancey has relatives, and on the Canadian border, in case he attempts to flee the country, Brown said.
Yancey was indicted and arrested in August for the June shooting death of his wife Linda, 44, and day laborer Marcial Cax Puluc, 20.
The deputy told police he killed Puluc in self-defense after Puluc killed his wife. But authorities said lab tests showed Yancey shot both victims.
Yancey had been released from jail on $150,000 bond with the condition that he remain under house arrest.
Yancey’s attorney, Keith Adams, said Yancey had been “a bit depressed and despondent” during the past few weeks.
“We’re concerned that the Sheriff’s Department is labeling him armed and dangerous,” Adams said. “We’re hoping that he doesn’t do anything to hurt himself and that law enforcement, if they catch up with him, doesn’t hurt him.”
The court ruling last August by now-retired Judge Anne Workman that allowed Yancey to be released drew a sharp response from his wife’s siblings.
Workman’s order quoted a Georgia law that makes defendants eligible for release on bond if they pose “no significant risk” of fleeing, intimidating witnesses or committing other crimes. Unlike many other states, Workman wrote, Georgia does not further restrict bond for murder defendants unless they have been convicted of a prior violent crime.
In a statement made then, lawyer Loletha Denise Hale, who said she spoke for siblings Eugene Thomas and Gloria Thomas Sanders, accused prosecutors of giving Yancey “preferential treatment as a result of his previous employment with the DeKalb County (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/index.html?cxntlid=linkr) court system.”
On Sunday, the family was under protective care. Hale said Sanders has custody of the Yanceys’ 8-year-old son.
“The family just wants them to find him as quickly as possible,” Hale said.
Sanders spoke only briefly of Yancey’s escape.
“It’s a shame, isn’t it?” she said. “He should have been behind bars.”
Sheriff’s deputies ask anyone with information to call 404-298-8200.


http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/04/06/yancey0406.html

[sarahhod]

Manhunt continues for murder suspect

Ex-DeKalb deputy flees house arrest in 2 deaths

By Donna Williams Lewis (dlewis@ajc.com), Marcus K. Garner (%20mgarner@ajc.com)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, April 06, 2009


The manhunt continued Sunday for a former DeKalb County (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/index.html?cxntlid=linkr) sheriff’s deputy who had been under home arrest as he awaited trial in the deaths of his wife, Linda, and a day laborer.
Derrick Yancey, 49, was wearing an electronic ankle monitor and was restricted to the Jonesboro home of his mother and stepfather as he awaited an undetermined trial date. He was last seen there Friday night, authorities said.

Officials said Yancey got a substantial head start on the law.
The private probation company charged with Yancey’s case did not notify the county that the signal had been lost from Yancey’s bracelet until about 4 p.m. Saturday, 11 hours after a monitoring outfit notified the company, DeKalb County (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/index.html?cxntlid=linkr) Sheriff Thomas Brown Sunday.
“What happened as to why we got this delay is for another day and another investigation,” Brown said.
But Linda Yancey’s sister, Sandra Hannon, lashed out in a news conference Sunday afternoon.
“I am going to call for an independent investigation,” Hannon said. “Why wasn’t the family notified immediately? There was a breakdown in communication. Apparently someone wasn’t doing their job or didn’t care.”
Brown said information about Yancey has been submitted to a national crime database. Additionally, authorities were notified in Detroit, where Yancey has relatives, and on the Canadian border, in case he attempts to flee the country, Brown said.
Yancey was indicted and arrested in August for the June shooting death of his wife Linda, 44, and day laborer Marcial Cax Puluc, 20.
The deputy told police he killed Puluc in self-defense after Puluc killed his wife. But authorities said lab tests showed Yancey shot both victims.
Yancey had been released from jail on $150,000 bond with the condition that he remain under house arrest.
Yancey’s attorney, Keith Adams, said Yancey had been “a bit depressed and despondent” during the past few weeks.
“We’re concerned that the Sheriff’s Department is labeling him armed and dangerous,” Adams said. “We’re hoping that he doesn’t do anything to hurt himself and that law enforcement, if they catch up with him, doesn’t hurt him.”
The court ruling last August by now-retired Judge Anne Workman that allowed Yancey to be released drew a sharp response from his wife’s siblings.
Workman’s order quoted a Georgia law that makes defendants eligible for release on bond if they pose “no significant risk” of fleeing, intimidating witnesses or committing other crimes. Unlike many other states, Workman wrote, Georgia does not further restrict bond for murder defendants unless they have been convicted of a prior violent crime.
In a statement made then, lawyer Loletha Denise Hale, who said she spoke for siblings Eugene Thomas and Gloria Thomas Sanders, accused prosecutors of giving Yancey “preferential treatment as a result of his previous employment with the DeKalb County (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/index.html?cxntlid=linkr) court system.”
On Sunday, the family was under protective care. Hale said Sanders has custody of the Yanceys’ 8-year-old son.
“The family just wants them to find him as quickly as possible,” Hale said.
Sanders spoke only briefly of Yancey’s escape.
“It’s a shame, isn’t it?” she said. “He should have been behind bars.”
Sheriff’s deputies ask anyone with information to call 404-298-8200.


http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/04/06/yancey0406.html

[nomadpatti]

Hopefully this will change the laws here in Georgia! I had never heard of "house-arrest" for murder charges. And because "he was not considered a significant risk" is beyond my sensible thinking! Did anyone think he was capable of killing his wife and another in the first place? IMO, anyone capable of murder is capable of ANYTHING and belong behind bars so they do not have an opportunity to commit that anything.

[sarahhod]

Police Taking Tips on Yancey's Location

Last Edited: Monday, 06 Apr 2009, 1:31 PM EDT
Created On: Monday, 06 Apr 2009, 11:13 AM EDT


- A former DeKalb County deputy is a fugitive -- and police all over the country are on alert. Investigators said double murder suspect Derrick Yancey may be armed and dangerous.
Police said Yancey has been a fugitive on the run for more than 55 hours and there is still no sign of him.
"We have been looking, but I will be honest, we have very little to go on at this point," said DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown.
The fugitive squad said that Yancey was under house arrest at his mother's Jonesboro home when he pried his ankle monitor off at about 5 a.m. Saturday. They said he hasn't been seen since.
Investigators said tips have been coming in but has given police very little new information. The fugitive squad doesn't know if Yancey has a car, had received help or if he is even in the state anymore.
"We consider him armed and dangerous. Not knowing, we assume that he is," said Brown.
Yancey's family said he had recently become depressed, overwhelmed at the charges he is facing. His family fears that the former sheriff's deputy has "gone over the edge and may not be thinking clearly.
Prosecutors said Yancey is charged with killing his wife, Linda Yancey and day laborer Marcial Cax-Puluc in Yancey's Stone Mountain home last summer.
"I hope that he doesn't commit suicide. I don't want him to get off that easy," said Linda Yancey's brother, Claude Thomas.
Linda Yancey's family said they want Derrick Yancey caught so he can face his murder charges. They also think that Yancey running says something about his guilt.
"Oh yes – the things that he has done, emptying out the saving account, being deceitful and ruthless," said Linda Yancey's sister, Sandra Hannon.
The district attorney is meeting with Derrick Yancey's lawyer to possibly get leads on where Yancey could be located.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Police_Say_Yancey_Armed_Dangerous_040609






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[sarahhod]

Huge Head Start For Murder Suspect

Posted By: Jennifer Leslie


DECATUR, Ga. -- A DeKalb County judge said "a comedy of errors" gave a double murder suspect a 12-hour lead on authorities after he escaped from house arrest early Saturday morning.
Derrick Yancey, 49, is still missing. Yancey is a former DeKalb sheriff's deputy who's accused of murdering his wife, Linda Yancey, and a day-laborer, Marcial Puluc, last June.
He had been under house arrest and equipped with an ankle monitor since he was released on $150,000 bond in August.
On Monday morning, Superior Court Judge Linda Hunter held a hearing to find out how Yancey escaped and why it took so long for the sheriff's department to be notified. She blamed a lack of a protocol and no plan by DeKalb Pre-trial Services for what to do if Yancey tampered with his ankle monitor.
"It's inconceivable to me that you don't immediately call 911 if you know the monitor's been tampered with, especially in light of the nature of this offense," Judge Hunter said in court.
According to testimony in court, here's a timeline of what happened on Saturday:
5:41 a.m. A private monitoring company, BI Inc., gets an alert that someone's tampered with Yancey's ankle monitor. The 24-hour monitoring center calls an employee with Providence Community Corrections and leaves a voicemail message.
8:30 a.m. The Providence employee picks up the message and spends 20 minutes trying to trouble-shoot the problem before calling Yancey's mother's house in Jonesboro to see if he's there. Yancey is required by the court to stay there unless he gets prior approval for an outside appointment.
9:41 a.m. The employee can't reach Yancey and gets the run-around from his family. She said someone identifying himself as Yancey's brother tells her that Yancey is in his bedroom sleeping and refuses to put Yancey on the phone. The employee decides to call an investigator with DeKalb Pre-trial Services. The investigator gives the employee another number for Mr. Yancey and asks her to call back.
10:37 a.m. The employee can't get a straight answer so the pre-trial services investigator calls the house. A family member suggests that Yancey might be out at an appointment, although no such appointment was approved in advance. So she calls a second investigator, who says she'll call the Chief Magistrate Judge, Winston Bethel.
10:51 a.m. The second investigator calls the first to say she left a message with Judge Bethel.
3:41 p.m. The second investigator calls the first to say she just heard back from Judge Bethel, who was attending a conference in San Francisco. The judge immediately called prosecutors and the sheriff's office.
5:30 p.m. The Providence employee goes to the home of Yancey's mother to pick up the ankle monitor, which had been cut off.
Judge Hunter said Providence did what it was supposed to do.
A company official said Yancey's court order required that Providence provide same-day notification but not immediate notification of any problems with the monitor.
Judge Hunter directed her criticism at DeKalb Pre-trial Services.
"This was a comedy of errors," she said in court. "Common sense would say call 911. Nobody knew what to do if there was alleged tampering of the device."
"At some point, bells should have gone off," she said.
She said she planned to meet with Judge Bethel to find ways to improve the system.
Prosecutors said if authorities had known about Yancey's escape earlier, they'd have him in custody by now.
"It would have made it easier," said Chief Assistant District Attorney Don Geary. "We know he left on foot. That would have given us time to catch up with him."
Yancey's defense attorney, Keith Adams, said he hasn't had any contact with Yancey since he disappeared.
"If he could hear me, I'd urge him to turn himself in," Adams said.
Judge Hunter signed an order revoking Yancey's bond. She also ensured he won't be eligible for bond if he's re-arrested.
Judge Anne Workman, who's now retired, agreed to grant bond for Yancey last year. On Monday, she declined to comment on her decision regarding bond and his escape.
Prosecutors and Linda Yancey's family objected to the request for bond.
Yancey did not have a violent criminal history before he was charged with the double murders. Judge Workman also took into consideration the fact that he had had strong family support and ties to the community when she agreed to bond.
His defense attorney said Yancey was not a flight risk at the time.
DeKalb Sheriff Thomas Brown said authorities in Detroit are on alert, since Yancey has relatives there. Officers along the Canadian border are also involved in the search.


http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=128752&catid=3

[grammybears]

I sure hope he is found soon. I have never understood how someone arrested for not one but two murders is allowed to be out on bond with an ankle bracelet. Even if this was his first criminal act it was bad enough that he should have been denied bond and kept in jail.

[sarahhod]

Judge rips agency in deputy’s escape

Double-murder suspect got a long jump on pursuing police because of a ‘comedy of errors.’

By April Hunt (ahunt@ajc.com)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, April 07, 2009

A judge on Monday revoked bond for a former DeKalb County (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/index.html?cxntlid=linkr) sheriff’s deputy who fled house arrest over the weekend. The judge also blasted the county’s Pretrial Services for allowing the double-murder suspect to escape.
Derrick Yancey, 49, remained at large Monday evening, seven months after he was indicted in the June shooting death of his wife Linda, 44, and a day laborer, Marcial Cax Puluc, 20.
Superior Court Judge Linda Warren Hunter noted that Yancey got almost a 12-hour head start before the Sheriff’s Office was notified that his ankle bracelet had been tampered with on Saturday. Yancey had been free since posting a $150,000 surety bond in August, with the condition that he remain under house arrest at his mother’s Jonesboro home.
But court testimony Monday showed that although the private monitoring firm BI Inc. of Colorado received an alert on the bracelet at 5:41 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office was not notified until hours later, at 3:41 p.m.
According to testimony, workers with the supervising firm Providence Community Corrections in Clarkston spent several hours trying to reach Yancey at his mother’s home. They never got Yancey on the phone.
Only when the workers called Chief Magistrate Judge Winston Bethel —- whose office oversees the court’s Pretrial Services —- were prosecutors and the Sheriff’s Office notified, according to testimony.
“This was a comedy of errors,” Hunter said, adding that Pretrial Services should have had a plan for whom to notify if the bracelet was tampered with.
No one answered calls at Providence’s Clarkston offices on Monday. Bethel, who was out of town, said late Monday that he was still going through the time line to determine what protocols were in place and where the breakdown occurred. He expects to have a report to Hunter by week’s end.
“It’s tragic that he was able to slip away like that,” Bethel said.
Hunter’s action Monday ensured that Yancey will not be eligible for bond again. Linda Yancey’s family and prosecutors had objected to Yancey being released on bond last summer.
Yancey had blamed Puluc, a Guatemalan day laborer, for his wife’s slaying, saying he then shot the young man in self-defense. But authorities said lab tests indicated that Derrick Yancey shot both victims.
Beatriz Illescas Putzeys, consul general of Guatemala in Atlanta, said Yancey should not have been granted bail.
“When I heard that the judge had let him go on bail I couldn’t believe it, because it was a case with two murders,” Illescas Putzeys said Monday.
Although Yancey appears to have fled on foot, the Sheriff’s Office has broadened its search for him nationally, said spokeswoman Mikki Jones. Yancey has been listed as armed and dangerous in its reports.
Yancey’s attorney, Keith Adams, said he had not had any contact with his client since he disappeared.
Adams did speak to Yancey’s parents, who are concerned about the manhunt turning violent because he is described as a threat.
“They are encouraging him, as am I, to turn himself in and deal with this appropriately, which is in court,” Adams said.


http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/04/07/yancey0407.html

[sarahhod]

Search continues for former deputy

http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/crime/42562762.html

[sarahhod]

Search Continues for Fugitive Ex-deputy

Last Edited: Monday, 06 Apr 2009, 10:45 PM EDT
Created On: Monday, 06 Apr 2009, 9:15 PM EDT


DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (MyFOX ATLANTA) - The search continued Monday for Derrick Yancey, the former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy who escaped house arrest Saturday. Yancey is accused of killing his wife and a day laborer at his home.
Authorities said Monday that Yancey had been on the run for 60 hours after escaping house arrest from his mother's Jonesboro home.
"I received a phone call from my clients' mother letting me know she had left and had returned home and he was not in the house and she was pretty distraught. Obviously, [I'm] concerned for him and his well being," said defense attorney Keith Adams.
Yancey's attorney said it was early Saturday morning, almost 12 hours after he received the call that the sheriff's department said they were notified of the escape.
The private company that monitored Yancey's ankle bracelet, Providence Community Corrections, said they followed protocol and notified DeKalb County's pre-trial release program in three hours. Company officials said DeKalb County requested same-day notification in case of escape, but not immediate notification.
"I think the way it occurred is that some time in the morning on Saturday, the monitoring company realized there was an alarm on the ankle monitor. They contacted pre-trial services. Pre-trial services at some point thereafter contacted the sheriff's department. It appears there was some delay in contacting the sheriff's office, maybe determining who was supposed to do what," said Adams.
Judge Winston Bethel, who is over the pre-trial program, said he was out of town this week, but he said his office was trying to determine what happened. Bethel said they were looking at the timeline to see if protocol was met.
Yancey is charged with killing his wife, Linda, and day laborer Marcial Cax Puluc last summer.
"We're just waiting and watching like everyone else. I'm hoping Mr. Yancey turns himself in so we can deal with this case in a courtroom which is where it's dealt with," said Adams.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Search_Continues_for_Fugitive_Ex_deputy_040609



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[sarahhod]

Fugitive Deputy Hunt

By Jon Lewis @ April 7, 2009 6:54 AM

(WSB Radio) There's still no sign of Derrick Yancey, the former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy, accused in the murder of his wife and a day laborer.
Yancey. who was free on bond and under house arrest, cut off his ankle monitoring bracelet and vanished Saturday morning from his parent's home in Jonesboro.
The DeKalb fugitive squad says Yancey should be considered armed and dangerous. That's a designation that Yancey's attorney disputes.
"I don't think there's any reason to be considered about anyone else's safety, other than Derrick," Keith Adams says. "It's of some concern to us that the sheriff's department has labeled him armed and dangerous. We don't really believe there's any basis for that."
The family of Yancey's ex-wife is now under police protection. They have custody of Yancey's youngest child. Adams says that's been a sore subject for his client.


http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/04/fugitive-deputy-hunt.html

[sarahhod]

Judge irate over escape of former DeKalb deputy

Associated Press - April 7, 2009 8:54 AM ET


DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - A judge has revoked a $150,000 bond for a former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy who escaped house arrest over the weekend after tampering with his ankle bracelet.
Seven months ago 49-year-old Derrick Yancey was indicted for the June shooting deaths of his 44-year-old wife Linda and 20-year-old Marcial Cax Puluc, a day laborer.
Superior Court Judge Linda Warren Hunter noted that Yancey got almost a 12-hour head start before the sheriff's office was notified that his ankle bracelet had been tampered with on Saturday.
Testimony Monday showed that although the private monitoring firm BI Inc. of Colorado received an alert on the bracelet at 5:41 a.m. Saturday, the sheriff's office was not notified for 10 hours.

http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=10142129&nav=5kZQ

[Pandabear]

This guy is desperate and is very dangerous. I pray they find him before someone else is hurt. The laws need to be changed on granting bail to those accused of murder.

[nicky]

WOW! Hopefully he will be on AMW this weekend! Kind of scary since he could be anywhere! Will keep my eyes peeled here in Bama for this despicable man! Hope he is found soon! Guess if I watched the news I would have already heard about this. They should have kept him in jail!!!!

[sarahhod]

Changes to DeKalb Home Confinement

By Jon Lewis @ April 8, 2009 8:07 AM

(WSB Radio) A DeKalb judge may announce changes to the county's home confinement program today, after the escape of double murder suspect Derrick Yancey.
Yancey, a former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy, cut off his ankle monitoring bracelet and fled from his parent's house this past Saturday morning. He's awaiting trial for the murders of his wife and a day laborer.
Yancey, who was gone for 12 hours before authorities were notified of his disappearance, has not been seen since.
The judge who oversees pre-trial services in DeKalb has scheduled a news conference for later today to announce changes to the system.
"I'm sure he'll fix it immediately and he'll fix it very efficiently and very well," says Assistant District Attorney Don Geary. "Of course, it doesn't help us in this case."
The hunt for Yancey is being featured on this week's episode of "America's Most Wanted."


http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/04/changes-to-dekalb-home-confine.html

[Pandabear]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2009/04/08/yancey_double_murder.html

Series of mistakes helped ex-cop escape

By APRIL HUNT

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

A string of mishaps — including uncertainty about whom to call, voice mail messages left unanswered for hours and previous false alarms — combined to help double-murder suspect Derrick Yancey remove his ankle monitor and escape house arrest, according to a report issued Wednesday.

Yancey, a 49-year-old former DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his wife and a day laborer, escaped from his mother’s Jonesboro home in the pre-dawn hours Saturday.


More than fours hours passed from the time an alarm beeped from Yancey’s ankle monitor at 5:41 a.m. Saturday to the time authorities made their first attempts to determine Yancey’s whereabouts, according to the statement from Chief Magistrate Judge Winston Bethel, who oversees DeKalb’s Pre-Trial Services.

A phone message from the private monitoring firm to the company overseeing Yancey’s home arrest was not picked up until three hours later. Another hour passed before that company notified Pre-Trial Services, and it took 10 hours for court officials to notify the Sheriff’s Office that Yancey had fled.

The people responsible for monitoring Yancey never reached him by phone, according to a timeline released with the report. Yet the requirements of Yancey’s release on bond in August called for the judge to be notified “immediately” of a problem, so a bench warrant could be issued for his arrest.

Still, at 10:38 a.m. Saturday, one court monitor noted in the timeline, “I advised her to write this up as a violation and to send me a report on Monday.”

A DeKalb Superior Court judge, who revoked Yancey’s bond on Monday, blasted Pre-Trial Services for “a comedy of errors” that helped him escape.

Bethel, who has been out of town since Yancey’s escape, agreed that protocols were ignored in the confusing hours following the initial alert. He blamed a change in both the judge and pretrial services monitor in the case for part of the confusion.

To fix the problems, all Pre-Trial Service investigators have been given a full list of contact numbers for the sheriff’s office, judges and district attorney’s office, Bethel said Wednesday.

When he returns to town later this week, Bethel plans to meet with Judge Linda Warren Hunter, who ripped his department in the hearing on Monday.

He also plans to meet with the private monitoring firms, BI Inc of Colorado and Providence Community Corrections in Clarkston, to see why there was a four-hour delay between the alert and when those workers began trying to track down Yancey.

“It is supposed to be a 24-hour operation with no delays. We want an immediate alert when a device is tampered with,” said Bethel.

“If they cannot assure us they can do that, we will switch companies. This cannot happen again,” he added.

Bethel said there had been “several” false alarms since they began monitoring Yancey in August. Pre-Trial Services followed up on those alerts, Bethel said, which were caused by faulty batteries and power outages.

The Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit was following up on leads on Yancey Wednesday, without luck, said spokeswoman Mikki Jones. On Tuesday, officials put his photo and information up on “America’s Most Wanted,” in a bid to capture a man they describe as armed and dangerous.

Yancey was indicted in August for killing his wife Linda, 44, and Guatemalan day laborer, 20-year-old Marcial Cax Puluc.

He had initially blamed Puluc for his wife’s slaying, saying he then shot the young man in self-defense. But authorities said that lab tests showed that Yancey had shot both victims.


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[annalyzer]

Ex-Deputy Derrick Yancey Spotted At Bus Station

Posted: 9:21 am EDT April 12, 2009
Updated: 1:32 pm EDT April 12, 2009

ATLANTA -- Former DeKalb County deputy and double murder suspect Derrick Yancey was spotted at a bus station in downtown Atlanta, authorities said Sunday.

Investigators said they received a tip, which led police to the Greyhound Bus station in downtown shortly after midnight Saturday.

Authorities said they searched buses at the station, but came up empty-handed.

Investigators said Yancey was believed to have boarded a bus heading north to Chicago. Buses leaving the station for Chicago and Cleveland were searched at the next stop in Dalton, Ga., but Yancey wasn't found.

DeKalb County Sheriff Tom Brown said Yancey disappeared from his mother's home last week after cutting his tracking bracelet. Authorities said Yancey was being monitored by a private probation company.

"Over the past couple of months, Yancey has been depressed," said defense attorney Keith Adams in a statement released to Channel 2 Action News.

Yancey is accused of killing his wife, Linda Yancey, and a day laborer, Marcial Puluc, last summer.

A judge had released Yancey on $150,000 bond under the condition that he wear an electronic monitor and remain under house arrest.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19160131/detail.html

[annalyzer]

http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=64701

[sarahhod]

GMW: Derrick Yancey #3

Updated: Thursday, 07 May 2009, 6:45 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 07 May 2009, 4:36 PM EDT



Doug Evans (http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/about_us/fox_5_people/doug_evans_biography_011809) http://media2.myfoxatlanta.com//photo/2009/01/18/Doug-Evans_20090118120326621_19_14.JPG
Edited By: Leigha Baugham | myfoxatlanta.com



DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (MyFOX ATLANTA) - Derrick Yancey, the former sheriff's deputy accused of murdering his wife and another man has been dubbed DeKalb County Fugitive #1.
Yancey's escape from custody is one of the biggest failures of home detention in Metro Atlanta history. Investigators said murder suspect and former deputy Yancey cut off his ankle bracelet and made a desperate dash for freedom.
Police said nearly half a day went by before the monitoring company alerted authorities.
"Those were crucial hours. He got an 11, 12 hour head start on law enforcement," said DeKalb County Chief Deputy Jeffery Mann.
Yancey had been under house arrest and was living with relatives at a home in Jonesboro.
Yancey is charged with killing his wife Linda Yancey, who was also a DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputy as well as Marciel Puluc. Puluc was working as a day laborer at the Yancey home.
Yancey told investigators that Puluc tried to rob his wife and shot her. Yancey said he then shot Puluc in self-defense at the couple's Stone Mountain home.
Just after Yancey's disappearance, someone broke into the Yancey home through the back door.
U.S. Marshals and DeKalb County's Fugitive Squad searched the home for Yancey but found no sign of him.
Investigators said they couldn't rule out the possibility that Yancey into the home to retrieve something from the house.
For Linda Yancey's family, Yancey's escape has been a troubling development in a tragic story.
Derrick and Linda Yancey were high school sweethearts. Investigators and Linda Yancey's family suspect that Derrick Yancey had accumulated wealth that he wasn't willing to share.
Anyone with information on Derrick Yancey's whereabouts should call the America's Most Wanted tipline at 1800-CRIME-TV.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/GMW_Derrick_Yancey_3_050709

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Fugitive took bus heading west
Ex-deputy wanted in double slaying.Tape shows Yancey leaving area, but trail grows cold out West.
By Rhonda Cook

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Friday, June 05, 2009

Former DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy and now fugitive murder suspect Derrick Yancey escaped Atlanta on a westbound Greyhound bus and then vanished somewhere between Phoenix and Los Angeles, Sheriff Thomas Brown said Thursday.

Yancey, who worked in the DeKalb County Jail until a year ago, is accused of shooting his 44-year-old wife and a day laborer. At the time, Yancey claimed he shot 20-year-old Marcial Cax-Puluc after the Guatemalan immigrant shot and killed Yancey’s wife, Linda, during an attempted robbery at their home.

His story fell apart and Yancey was charged with two counts of murder. He was released on $150,000 bond and ordered to wear an ankle bracelet monitor.

Police say Yancey removed that ankle bracelet at 5:41 a.m. April 4 and left his mother’s Clayton County house.

A series of bus station surveillance cameras began picking up Yancey about two hours later, even though authorities had yet to discover he had fled.

The first image recorded Yancey, using the name “David Brown,” at the Atlanta bus station at 7:10 a.m. buying a ticket to the West Coast. Other bus station cameras tracked Yancey to Dallas, to Amarillo, Texas, and then to Phoenix, where he transferred to a 12:40 p.m. Greyhound to Los Angeles.

Yancey was not seen after that because the four stops on the route to Los Angeles did not have cameras, Brown said.

The Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force suspects Yancey might have headed into Mexico, considering he’s fluent in Spanish.

“It’s easy to get from Mexico to America, so I assume it’s just as easy to get from America to Mexico,” Brown said.

A $10,000 reward is being offered for his capture and the television show “America’s Most Wanted” (9 p.m. Saturdays on Fox) will broadcast an unscheduled segment to dispense information nationwide that Yancey is on the lam.

“He had a good 12-, 13-hour jump on us,” said Brown, noting that the monitoring company waited 11 hours on April 4 to alert authorities.

He also had money, Brown said. Yancey cashed out his $18,000 pension.

The sheriff said family members also might have helped Yancey get away and, if they did, they will be charged.

Investigators suspect Yancey may have altered his appearance by either growing a full beard, growing his hair longer or possibly shaving his head.

The video from the Atlanta bus station showed him with a new mustache, longer hair and the beginnings of a beard.

“He’s dramatically changed his appearance,” Brown said. “It’s clear at this point he took a great deal of time to plan. I’m confident we’re going to catch him. I just don’t know if it will be in 2009, 2010 or 2011.”

Most likely, the sheriff said, Yancey will be captured during a traffic stop.
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/06/05/yancey0605.html

[Nut44x4]

Video Released of Yancey Buying Ticket
Updated: Thursday, 04 Jun 2009, 10:14 PM EDT
ATLANTA - A former sheriff's deputy accused of killing his wife and a day laborer was videotaped at an Atlanta bus station just hours after removing an ankle monitor in order to escape, officials said Thursday.

Former DeKalb sheriff's deputy Derrick Yancey is charged with killing his wife and a day laborer. He escaped home confinement in April and went on the run.

The video from an Atlanta greyhound station is the first look at him since.

DeKalb Sheriff Thomas Brown said Yancey could be in Mexico. DeKalb officials have video of him at bus stations in Atlanta and Dallas.

"We suspect that the family of Derrick Yancey assisted in his escape and are responsible with the financial and overall support of Mr. Yancey while at large," said DeKalb Sheriff Thomas Brown.

Brown also said that Yancey had cashed out his $18,000 pension and paid cash for his bus ticket.

The video reportedly shows fugitive Derrick Yancey at an Atlanta Greyhound bus station just hours after fleeing house arrest on April 4.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/DeKalb_Police_to_Release_Yancey_Video_060409

[Amusedtdth]

Sounds like it's time to put the screws to his family. If they did help then they deserve to be charged accordingly and without leniency. I also feel that the judge that gave this pos bail should be revaluated for compentcy. You have to be crazy to give bail to a murderer.
jmho

[Pandabear]

http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/sheriff-to-announce-significant-142835.html

Sheriff to announce 'significant developments' in Yancey case


DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown on Monday will announce "significant developments" in the search for Derrick Yancey, the former DeKalb County deputy accused in the 2008 slaying his wife and a day laborer, a sheriff's department spokesman said.

No further details on the new developments were releasaed early Monday morning.

Yancey, who worked in the DeKalb County Jail, is accused of shooting his 44-year-old wife and a day laborer. At the time, Yancey claimed he shot 20-year-old Marcial Cax-Puluc after the Guatemalan immigrant shot and killed Yancey's wife, Linda, during an attempted robbery at their home.

His story fell apart and Yancey was charged with two counts of murder. He was released on $150,000 bond and ordered to wear an ankle bracelet monitor.

Police say Yancey removed that ankle bracelet at 5:41 a.m. April 4 and left his mother's Clayton County house.

A series of bus station surveillance cameras began picking up Yancey about two hours later, even though authorities had yet to discover he had fled.

The first image recorded Yancey, using the name "David Brown," at the Atlanta bus station at 7:10 a.m. buying a ticket to the West Coast. Other bus station cameras tracked Yancey to Dallas, to Amarillo, Texas, and then to Phoenix, where he transferred to a 12:40 p.m. Greyhound to Los Angeles.

Yancey was not seen after that because the four stops on the route to Los Angeles did not have cameras, police said.

[TigressPen]

I hope the announcement is they know where Yancey is- if indeed he did kill his wife and Puluc as is alleged then it's sure time for him to answer for his crimes.

[Pandabear]

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ga-deputy-accused-in-143303.html

Ga. deputy accused in 2 slayings caught in Belize

DECATUR, Ga. — A former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy who fled after he was charged with killing his wife and a day laborer has been caught in Central America.

Special agents from the U.S. State Department located Derrick Yancey in Punta Gorda, Belize on Saturday. Yancey was arrested by Belize law enforcement and is awaiting return to the U.S.

Authorities say Yancey was under a $150,000 bond when he boarded a westbound Greyhound bus April 4 and disappeared somewhere between Phoenix and Los Angeles.

He is accused in the 2008 shootings of Linda Yancey, 44, and Marcial Cax Puluc, a 20-year-old Guatemalan immigrant he had hired to work at his home in the suburban Atlanta community of Stone Mountain. Yancey told investigators that Puluc had killed his wife and he killed Puluc in self-defense.

He resigned from his job with the sheriff's department shortly before he was indicted on murder charges in August.

Yancey was under orders to stay at his mother's home in Jonesboro, just south of Atlanta, when he removed his ankle monitor and left. The monitoring firm BI Inc. of Colorado received an alert on Yancey's bracelet at 5:41 a.m. April 4, but the sheriff's office was not notified for hours, DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown said.

Authorities said that Yancey had cashed out his $18,000 pension and paid cash for his bus ticket. Video from the bus station showed him with a new mustache, longer hair and the beginnings of a new beard.

Jeffrey Mann, chief deputy for the DeKalb Sheriff's Office, said officials have some indication that family members might have been helping Yancy but no charges were pending against any of his family.

Yancey was featured on "America's Most Wanted" soon after his disappearance.

State department agents in Belize got a tip on Yancey's whereabouts and tracked him to a local bar on Saturday evening. Authorities said an agent tapped him on the shoulder and told him, "It's time to go."

Authorities refused to identify the tipster, who stands to collect a $20,000 reward.

Yancey is expected to be returned to the U.S. within days.

[Amusedtdth]

Thats great news! I'm glad he was caught.

[Roamer]

http://www.news4jax.com/news4georgia/21135526/detail.html

Deputy Accused In 2 Slayings Back In Jail


POSTED: Monday, September 28, 2009
UPDATED: 8:45 am EDT September 28, 2009


DECATUR, Ga. -- Authorities said a former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy charged with killing his wife and a day laborer last year is being held in the county jail after being captured in Central America.



Derrick Yancey is accused of shooting 44-year-old Linda Yancey and 20-year-old Marcial Cax Puluc, an immigrant from Guatemala he had hired to work at his Stone Mountain home.


He resigned from the sheriff's department shortly before he was indicted on murder charges and was under orders to stay at his mother's home in Jonesboro when he removed his ankle monitor and left.


Officials say they received a tip that Yancey was in Belize, where he was arrested a week ago. He was brought back to Georgia over the weekend.


The U.S. Marshals Service helped DeKalb deputies find Yancey a week ago in a bar in Punta Gorda, population 6,000. Authorities said Yancey confessed and was arrested.


"There are charges associated with escape from justice," DeKalb County Chief Deputy Jeffrey Mann told WSB Radio. "I will leave that to the district attorney to bring those additional charges."