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Didn’t know of warrant, War police chief saysBy ELAINE THOMPSON of the Daily Telegraph staffWELCH — The police chief of the town of Wai said if he been notified that a murder warrant had been issued for the arrest of the former Northfork police chief, he could have arrested him at a wedding the two attended Saturday.“I see him. every day. I even saw him at his brother’s wedding the other day (Saturday), but nobody had ever told me he was wanted,” said Richard Dillon, police chief of War, located near the community where William. Lucion Johnson resides.Johnson. 36, also known as Jackie Johnson, is being sought in connection with the shooting death of War Junior High School coach Ellis Taylor.Taylor was gunned down within a few miles of his home and the football stadium just hours after his team had lost on Oct. 19.McDowell State Police officials issued a murder warrant for Johnson’s arrest lastThursday. Johnson, however, has not been arrested even though he continues to reside in his hometown., according to Dillon...“It seems to me that if they were looking for him they would contact the police in the town, where he lives,” Dillon said.Trooper F.D. Sylvester said local police authorities have “done all they can to locate Johnson, to no avail.“We know how to do our job. We’ve searched his home and at his relatives and other places and we’re continuing to look for him.”Sylvester said Dillon should have been notified that Johnson was being sought through an all points bulletin filed through the National Criminal Investigation Center on Dec. 20.On Oct. 18, the day before Taylor was killed, Johnson was arrested and charged with writing several thousand dollars worth of checks against Raleigh Processing Investigation Company, the first of two Beckley-basedPlease see Police chief A-2^
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Tue, Dec 24, 1985
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