With more than a decade behind bars in Arkansas and having worked briefly for a bail-bond company himself, 37-year-old Clemmons knew how to manipulate the judicial system.
With incessant phone calls, he cajoled friends, family and bail agents to orchestrate his release � three times in seven months, making small down payments while offering shaky collateral.
Despite the customary 10 percent down, Clemmons got out one time on a $40,000 bond by making only a $1,700 payment. Another time, facing a $190,000 bond for a rash of felonies, including rape and assault, he won freedom with $8,000.
Six days later, he assassinated four Lakewood police officers at a Parkland coffee shop.
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