Raeford Police Department, North Carolina
End of Watch Saturday, August 31, 1912
Add to My HeroesPleasant Clay Oakes
Chief Pleasant Clay Oakes was shot and killed by a man who held a grudge against him. The suspect was angry with the chief for arresting him a few days earlier for public drunkenness.
The suspect was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison. In December of 1914, he escaped from the Caledonia Prison Farm in Halifax County. He went to Sylacauga, Alabama, where under an assumed name he became very prosperous in a lumber business. In November of 1928, he was recaptured in Sylacauga after someone recognized him and reported it to the police. He was returned to North Carolina and ordered to serve the remainder of his sentence.
Bio
- Age 49
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Shotgun
- Offender Sentenced to 20 years
Most Recent Reflection
View all 8 ReflectionsThank you for this memorial page. He was my great-grandfather, and my brother, Robert Cecil posted above. Obviously, I never had the privilege of meeting him, but we share the same birthday, which has always been special to me.
Zack Cecil
Great-Grandson
June 18, 2020
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