Supporters of the 'O' more prone to commit crimes?

by Clifford Thies

Dateline - Boston. Parole officer Kevin Devlin thought it a bit odd. Why did Edward Corliss who had previously been given a life sentence for murdering a store clerk in 1971, have an Obama bumper sticker on his car?

Then it happened: on December 26, 2009, a man in the act of robbing a convenience store, murdered the store clerk, Surendra Dangol, a 39-year-old immigrant from Nepal, and was caught on video tape leaving the scene of the crime in a car with an Obama bumper sticker. Same bumper sticker. Same car.

From the Boston Herald "Obama bumper stick led cops to killer" Sept. 15:

A paroled killer’s “Obama” bumper sticker was the break that helped cops nab the man accused of the cold-blooded murder of a Tedeschi’s convenience store clerk, jurors in Edward Corliss’ murder trial learned yesterday.

“It struck me as odd,” state parole officer Kevin Devlin testified yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court about the campaign sticker plastered on the back of parolee Corliss’ white Plymouth Acclaim.

“He’s a guy from Somerville, so I was surprised he was supporting Obama,” Devlin said.

With the suspect identified, the police were able to assemble other evidence sufficient for conviction.

It seems Obama paraphernalia is quite common amongst the criminal element (see photo montage).

But please don't jump to any hasty conclusions. Remember the old saying: All criminals may be Democrats, but not all Democrats are criminals.