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Documents describe accused cop killer
By GAIL CETNAR, News-Sun Staff
Writer
The former Springfielder charged with murdering a California police
officer was involved in peace efforts in Israel, according to recently
unsealed court documents.
Andrew Hampton Mickel traveled to Israel at about Christmas 2001 as part
of a peace-oriented group that acted as human shields between the
Israelis and Palestinians, according to a Nov. 26 inter-office
communication written by then-Springfield Police Capt. Stephen P. Moody,
who became Springfield's police chief Wednesday.
Mickel, 23, reportedly was frustrated by the Israelis' ability to
circumvent the effort, Moody wrote in the document released by Tehama
County Superior Court in California.
Moody wrote that Mickel's parents contacted a local defense attorney
after the killing of the police officer in November.
"They related that they had been in telephonic contact with their
son, and he had advised then that he had shot and killed a police officer
in Red Bluff," Moody wrote.
Moody's narrative was filed in the California court and was made
available after a records request by the Red Bluff Daily News.
Officer David Mobilio was ambushed at about 1:30 a.m. Nov. 19 while he
fueled his patrol car. He was shot twice in the left side and once at
close range in the back of the head.
Mickel reportedly contacted several people after the shooting, including
Washington Post reporter Lois Raimondo, who reportedly is a family
friend. She is a Wittenberg University graduate.
He told her he killed the officer and he needed to be arrested so the
media would report the story, Moody wrote. Mickel reportedly said he was
not afraid of going to jail for the rest of his life because he was
exposing the injustice of the world.
Raimondo reportedly called Mickel's parents, Stanley Mickel, a Wittenberg
professor of languages, and his wife, Karen, a mathematics professor at
the University of Dayton. His father checked the Web site of the Red
Bluff Police Division and found the killer's profile fit his son, Moody's
document stated.
Andrew Mickel also telephoned both his brothers and his parents and
reportedly told his parents that what he told Raimondo was true. He did
not give them specific information about how he allegedly killed Mobilio,
but he told his mother he disposed of the gun before he boarded a plane
east, the document stated.
A .40-caliber handgun that could have been one of four makes, including a
Sig Sauer, was used to shoot Mobilio, according to a Nov. 26 statement of
probable cause written by California Bureau of Investigation Special
Agent Jeff Lierly. A .40-caliber Sig Sauer handgun was registered to
Andrew Mickel in Washington.
Andrew Mickel, 23, is a 1998 North High School graduate who served in the
U.S. Army for three years. His father said he joined the service to
provide discipline in his life and excelled in the mental and physical
challenges, but also was turned off by the service, according to the
inter-office police document.
He graduated from the Army's Ranger school, airborne school and jungle
operations training school, and he served at Fort Benning, Ga., and Fort
Campbell, Ky., Moody wrote.
He then began studying creative writing at Evergreen State College in
Olympia, Wash., where he was a sophomore.
Moody's inter-office communication states Mickel's father said his son
needs an opportunity to express his platform and described him as
idealistic, intelligent and stubborn, with a wry sense of humor. He said
his son believes "America is raping the world ... and is
anti-globalization," Moody wrote.
Andrew Mickel's brother reportedly stated he "is acting as if he is
in a movie and the media attention will cause the world to change."
A maroon 1992 Ford Mustang hatchback registered to Andrew Mickel in
Washington potentially is linked to the crime. Two witnesses said they
saw a maroon early-90s model Ford Mustang hatchback parked near the scene
of the shooting at about 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18, the day before the killing,
according to the probable cause statement. A cloth covered both license
plates.
Another witness stated he was passed by a car with a brown cloth over the
rear license plate at about 1:45 a.m. Nov. 19, about 15 minutes after the
killing, according to the probable cause statement.
Andrew Mickel wrecked his car Nov. 19 in Oregon, according to a report in
the Sacramento Bee. While deputies responded to the crash, a nearby
resident invited Andrew Mickel in to shower and clean up. He was not
arrested because deputies had no indication he was linked to a homicide,
the Bee reported.
Investigators believe Mickel, who also uses the name McCrae, confessed to
the murder on Nov. 25 on a San Francisco news Web site,
www.indymedia.org.
In one of two letters posted online, the writer identified as McCrae
claims he shot and killed the officer to protest "police state
tactics" and corporate irresponsibility. The writer claimed he is
immune from prosecution because he incorporated himself in New Hampshire
as a protest against corporations who "murder thousands of people
each year" without being held accountable.
Andrew Mickel was arrested Nov. 26 at a Concord, N.H., hotel after
several hours of negotiations with FBI agents and a phone interview with
a Concord reporter.
He is being held without bail in a New Hampshire jail while he fights
extradition. He has until Jan. 10 to file a petition contesting the
validity of the California governor's warrant for his return.
He is charged with murder in California and could face the death penalty.
Reach Gail Cetnar at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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