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SHERIFF
Officer 10:
05070
Address:
KING COUNTY
Name (Last, First, Middle):
Johnson, Christopher T.
King County Sheriff's Office
CaseNbr:
07-120588
OateReportTaken: Time:
07/07/07 16:18
To:
Subject:
Case File Clifton Mitchell Interview on 07/07/07
Statement:
THE FOLLOWING IS A REPORT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH CLIFTON MITCHELL ON 07/07/07 AT AROUND
1618 HOURS. THE INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE AT PIERCE COUNTY JAIL.
I went to the Pierce County Jail for a follow-up interview with Clifton Mitchell.
We met in a face-to-face interview room. When I stepped into the room I read Mitchell his legal rights from a
department form. I asked if he understood his rights and he said, "Yes, yes." When I started reading them he
said them from memory as I went. I then asked if he wanted to waive them and talk to me. He said, "Sure."
I asked Mitchell about the homeless shelters. Mitchell said they never went to the shelters in King County. He
said they just used the shelter addresses for the cards. He said he got the addresses by asking homeless
people. He said sometimes they would tell him the shelter phone numbers.
Mitchell admitted that when he and the others sat in the library they would trade cards after filling them out so
someone else could do the signature.
Mitchell then said to arraign him and he'd plead guilty. He said he just wanted to put this behind him. He said he'd
testify if we wanted him to.
I asked Mitchell about when they initialed the cards. He said sometimes they would initial them as they went, and
sometimes they didn't.
I asked him why there were so many cards with no initials. He said he didn't remember any that weren't initialed.
He said it was Debwa's job to make sure cards had initials.
Mitchell then said that if they didn't get a certain amount of cards per day they would be fired. He said he had to
call Stephanie [Moore] every night and give her numbers [of cards for the day].
Mitchell said they would work together and throw the cards together and then grab some from the pile and put
their initials on them.
He said he didn't understand why there would be a lot of cards with no initials because they all wanted credit for
cards. He reiterated that if they didn't keep up their numbers they would be fired.
I asked Mitchell about Debwa's knowledge about what was going on. He said she didn't know. Mitchell said he
never told Debwa, nor did he tell Moore, what they were doing.
Reporting Officers Name:
Johnson, Christopher T.
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