"Amid storm, Calif. manhunt focuses on mountain; Killing suspect’s tracks lost on frozen ground" by Greg Risling and Tami Abdollah | Associated Press, February 09, 2013
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — Law enforcement officers working in falling snow searched a Southern California mountain Friday for the former Los Angeles police officer accused of carrying out a killing spree because he felt he was unfairly fired from his job.
‘‘We’re going to continue searching until either we discover that he left the mountain or we find him, one of the two,’’ San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said at a midmorning news conference.
More than 100 officers from various agencies were searching for Christopher Dorner in the Big Bear Lake region of the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles.
SWAT teams were driven up snowbound roads on Snowcat tractors and armored personnel carriers equipped with snow chains, he said, but helicopters with heat-sensing technology were grounded because of the storm. Visibility was low as clouds shrouded Big Bear’s towering, forested peaks.
They really swing into action when they are the ones threatened, huh?
A search of homes in the Big Bear community failed to find Dorner, and the search was concentrating farther back in the mountains, near and above the place where his burnt-out pickup truck was found on Thursday, the sheriff said.
Officers followed what appeared to be Dorner’s tracks from the truck but lost them on the frozen ground, McMahon said. ‘‘There’s a lot of cabins up there that are abandoned. We want to make sure that he didn’t find a place to hide out for the night,’’ he said.
A couple of reported sightings of Dorner didn’t pan out and ‘‘we have no information that he’s come down into the community at all,’’ McMahon said.
In Los Angeles, the head of the Police Department’s detective bureau said all options in the search were being kept open.
‘‘Here’s the bottom line: We don’t know if he’s on foot or not,’’ said Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese. ‘‘Is he on foot up on the mountain? Is he down the mountain? We don’t know.’’
In San Diego County, up to 16 sheriff’s deputies spent the night surrounding and searching a rural home after a hoaxer reported Dorner was there. There were people at home but Dorner wasn’t one of them, said Lieutenant Jason Rothlein. Investigators have a pretty good idea who made the call and will seek criminal charges, he said.
Though the focus is on the resort area, the search for Dorner, 33, stretches across California, Nevada, Arizona, and northern Mexico. LAPD officers are on edge because Dorner promised in rambling writings to bring ‘‘warfare’’ to police and their families.
Yeah, well where is he? It seems he has just disappeared completely.
Dorner, also a former Naval reservist and onetime college running back, was fired from the LAPD years ago. Albanese said it is not known why the violence is occurring now.
The saga began Sunday night....
See: LA Cops Need Gun Control
And yet they don't want you to have guns.
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"Christopher Dorner Manhunt: Search For Ex-Cop Suspected Of Killing 3 Covers California" by GREG RISLING and TAMI ABDOLLAH
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — All that was left were footprints leading away from Christopher Dorner's burned-out pickup truck, and enormous, snow-covered mountains where he could be hiding among hundreds of cabins, deep canyons and dense woods.
More than 100 officers, including SWAT teams, were driven Friday in glass-enclosed snow machines and armored personnel carriers to hunt for the former Los Angeles police officer suspected of going on a deadly rampage to get back at those he blamed for ending his police career.
With bloodhounds in tow, officers went door to door as snow fell, aware to the reality they could be walking into a trap set by the well-trained former Navy reservist who knows their tactics and strategies as well as they do.
"He can be behind every tree," said T. Gregory Hall, a retired tactical supervisor for a special emergency response team for the Pennsylvania State Police. "He can try to draw them into an ambush area where he backtracks."
As authorities weathered heavy snow and freezing temperatures in the mountains, thousands of heavily armed police remained on the lookout throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and northern Mexico for a suspect bent on revenge and willing to die.
Police said officers still were guarding more than 40 people mentioned as targets in a rant they said Dorner posted on Facebook. He vowed to use "every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordnance and survival training I've been given" to bring "warfare" to the LAPD and its families.
In his online rant, Dorner baited authorities.
"Any threat assessments you generate will be useless," it read. "I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving."
Without the numbers that authorities have, Dorner holds one advantage: the element of surprise.
So where is he? Hasn't done a thing since he went up the mountain. Sorry for the skepticism, but this case starting to stink like a pile of bear dung out in the woods.
Authorities said they do not know how long Dorner had been planning the rampage or why he drove to the San Bernardino Mountains. Property records show his mother owns undeveloped land nearby, but a search of the area found no sign of him.
So where is he? Hasn't done a thing since he went up the mountain. Sorry for the skepticism, but this case starting to stink like a pile of bear dung out in the woods.
Authorities said they do not know how long Dorner had been planning the rampage or why he drove to the San Bernardino Mountains. Property records show his mother owns undeveloped land nearby, but a search of the area found no sign of him.
It was not clear if he had provisions, clothing or weapons stockpiled in the area. Even with training, days of cold and snow can be punishing.
"Unless he is an expert in living in the California mountains in this time of year, he is going to be hurting," said former Navy SEAL Clint Sparks, who now works in tactical training and security. "Cold is a huge stress factor. ... Not everybody is survivor-man."
That's where my print edition ended it.
What I found in my web search:
At noon, police and U.S. marshals accompanied by computer forensics specialists used a search warrant to remove about 10 paper grocery bags of evidence from his mother's single-story house in the Orange County city of La Palma. Dorner's mother and sister cooperated with the search, a police spokesman said.
The manhunt had Southern California residents on edge. Unconfirmed sightings were reported near Barstow, about 60 miles north of the mountain search, and in downtown Los Angeles.
Some law enforcement officials said he appeared to be everywhere and nowhere, and speculated that he was trying to spread out their resources.
(Blog editor sneers a grunted laugh)
For the time being, their focus was on the mountains 80 miles east of Los Angeles – a snowy wilderness, filled with thick forests and jagged peaks, that creates peril as much for Dorner as the officers hunting him. Bad weather grounded helicopters with heat-sensing technology.
After the discovery of his truck Thursday afternoon, SWAT teams in camouflage started scouring the mountains.
As officers worked through the night, a storm blew in, possibly covering tracks that had led them away from his truck but offering the possibility of a fresh trail to follow.
"The snow is great for tracking folks as well as looking at each individual cabin to see if there's any signs of forced entry," San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said.
The small army hunting him has the advantage of strength in numbers and access to resources, such as special weapons, to bring him in.
And so far nothing?
Jamie Usera, an attorney in Salem, Ore., who befriended Dorner when they were students and football teammates at Southern Utah University, said he introduced him to the outdoors. Originally from Alaska, Usera said, he taught Dorner about hunting and other outdoor activities.
"Of all the people I hung out with in college, he is the last guy I would have expected to be in this kind of situation," Usera, who had lost touch with Dorner is recent years, told the Los Angeles Times.
Others saw Dorner differently. Court documents obtained by The Associated Press on Friday show an ex-girlfriend of Dorner's called him "severely emotionally and mentally disturbed" after the two split in 2006.
Now begs the question was he on any pharmaceuticals?
Dorner served in the Navy, earning a rifle marksman ribbon and pistol expert medal. He was assigned to a naval undersea warfare unit and various aviation training units, according to military records. He took leave from the LAPD for a six-month deployment to Bahrain in 2006 and 2007.
What was the mission?
Last Friday was his last day with the Navy and also the day CNN's Anderson Cooper received a package that contained a note on it that read, in part, "I never lied." A coin riddled with bullet holes that former Chief William Bratton gave out as a souvenir was also in the package.
Oh, no, this IS ALL ANOTHER SCRIPT, folks!!
Police said it was a sign of planning by Dorner before the killing began....
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Related: Amid storm, Calif. manhunt focuses on mountain
What's with the rewrite?
"Calif. suburb living in grip of manhunt for ex-officer" by Gillian Faccus | Associated Press, February 11, 2013
IRVINE, Calif. — A heavy police presence blocked off a street in a typically quiet Southern California suburb Sunday, as residents adjusted to life in the midst of a huge search for a fugitive whose police and military background and vitriolic online manifesto has put the region on high-alert....
On the fourth day of the search authorities put up a $1 million reward for information leading to his capture.
‘‘We will not tolerate this reign of terror,’’ said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
And yet the people are expected to face this madman without weapons.
After days without resolution, Christopher Dorner’s fugitive status caused concern and fear among others in the upscale community the FBI consistently ranks among the safest US cities....
Doesn't feel too good when the agenda boomerangs back on you, does it?
The neighborhood has been flooded with authorities since Wednesday. Residents have seen police helicopters circle and cruisers stake out schools. Some have kept their children home. Others no longer walk their dogs at night.
Dorner’s background added to the anxiety. The former LAPD officer also served in the Navy, earning a rifle marksman ribbon and a pistol expert medal. He was assigned to a naval undersea warfare unit and various aviation training units, according to military records.
In his online manifesto, Dorner vowed to use ‘‘every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordnance, and survival training I’ve been given’’ to bring ‘‘warfare’’ to the LAPD.
As tense residents went on with their lives, police looked into a taunting phone call to the father of the woman they believe Dorner killed last week....
Why hasn't he killed anyone else (or has he and we aren't being told), and where is this "warfare" he said he was going to bring?
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"Fugitive charged with murder of officer" by Gillian Flaccus and Tami Abdollah | Associated Press, February 12, 2013
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The wide-ranging search has created unusually heavy traffic backups at California border crossings into Mexico, as agents are more closely inspecting each car. State police in Mexico’s Baja California were given photographs of Dorner and warned to consider him armed and extremely dangerous.
Oh, it's starting to effect commerce now?
‘‘Now it’s like the game show ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire,’’’ said Anthony Burke, supervisory inspector for the US Marshals regional fugitive taskforce....
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
The government puke says it's like a game show? I was told PEOPLE WERE DEAD!
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Also see: The Real and FULL Christopher Dorner Manifesto - How much he Loves Obama and Feinstein, Gun Bans/Control and News Anchors
Why isn't the corporate media telling us that, dear readers?
This is all about justifying the use of killer drones in American airspace, isn't it?
Related: Drone Spotted Hovering Above Neighborhood in West Oakland
MSM Monitor: Do You Hear a Buzzing Sound?
Look, up in the sky....
[Police departments should absolutely NOT have their own air forces! There should be no drones under the control of civilian police departments. If drones are needed in extreme cases, then the military could be called in, to operate under civilian control, under military restrictions. If they can get away with killing Americans from thousands of feet away, using drones, then it is only one step away from dispatching snipers to city rooftops, whenever a felon is sighted.
The Police State is breathing down our neck.] -- It Was Only A Matter of Time–Liberal Writer Is Calling for Drone Assassination of Rogue Officer Dorner
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
They finally found him -- holed-up in a cabin?
Calif. cabin burns after shootout with ex-officer
My print copy carried the New York Times piece. I know it's just me, but the version of how they found him stinks like s***.
