John Fecteau really knows how to guarantee a maximum sentencing. The Seattle man was arrested for robbery and assault charges after a crime spree. When arrested, police say that Fecteau proclaimed that he loved stabbing people, asked if he severed one victim’s spine, and said that “It is better than doing meth.”
Fecteau is accused of knifing two people and robbing a third person at knifepoint. Police say that Fecteau told him that he was hoping that he had succeeded in severing one victim’s spine. He added “I’m going to stab one person every day” due before slogan: “It is better than doing meth.”
Fecteau’s first victim was a fellow homeless man. Fecteau had argued with a woman for sitting on his piece of card and, when her companion rose next to her, Fecteau stabbed him in the back of the neck and then stuck him a second time behind his ear. Fecteau then allegedly stabbed the woman in the hand.
It was not hard for the police to identify Fecteau from this horn and other facial tattoos.
Only 90 minutes later, another report of a robbery in came in after a man was robbed at knifepoint and described Fecteau. Fecteau already stabbed at the man and chased him half of block before given up.
When arrested, Fecteau is quoted as saying “Did that kid die yet? I got them, the two under the bridge . . . I licked their fluids off the blade. That guy, I hope I severed his spine.”
The victim was fortunately treated and released.
Fecteau has guaranteed a maximum sentence. In addition to his extensive comments, he has an extensive criminal history in Washington, Oregon and California. In Washington alone, he has convictions for assault with a deadly weapon, as well as 15 less serious assault charges.
Despite his statement that he was trying to kill the first victim, he has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of first-degree robbery. It is an interesting line to draw given the alleged admission of his desire to kill the victim.
Source: KOMO News
I hope he was caught in any other state than CA, where really dangerous prisoners keep getting released early.
“I hope he was caught in any other state than CA, where really dangerous prisoners keep getting released early.”
Well, that is certainly a novel approach to equal protection.
Of course, if the prisons were funded sufficiently there might be less crowding and fewer releases.
Looks like he’s gonna get stabbed a lot… by the gun that doesn’t make any noise if you get my drift.
If just one of the homeless people had a gun then he/she could have shot this perp and we would have one less tattoo jerk on the streets. Shoot the tattoo artist while you are at it.
This guy is a true psychopath.
Justice Holmes, “Anti-gun control advocates, when was the last time you used a gun to cut a slice of bread? ”
Actually, there are suggestions that all knives, with few specific exceptions, should have a blunt end rather than a sharp point. It would make it harder for random stabbings but the violence could continue with an upswing in slashings. I also think that it would be difficult to get the pointy ones off the streets and out of the kitchens. I see the SWAT teams now invading kitchens looking for the pointy knives.
I’m not surprised about the under-charging in this case. On Sunday, September 14, 2014, my wonderful, funny, sweet 22YO son was shot in the head in the Georgetown district of Seattle, after being robbed of his cell phone, and everything in his backpack (including his laptop). The last thing that the main perp said before shooting my son in the face with a .22 was “f*&% it” as though his attempt to murder my child was just an afterthought.
Miraculously, the bullet missed my son’s brain, exiting at the bottom of the back of his head.
The Seattle police erroneously concluded that he had “just” been pistol-whipped and that’s what their blotter report stated. At the scene of the crime, the officers who initially searched only found $34 in cash, a tag that had been ripped from my son’s backpack, and an *unspent* .22 round. When I called the Seattle PD to inquire as to the case of my son being shot in the head at point-blank range, someone in the homicide division pulled up the report on the screen and erroneously related to me that he’d only been pistol-whipped, and that a gun may have gone off, but not shot my son.
My son had given medical personnel permission to discuss his injuries and treatment with me, and the nurse at Harbor View confirmed that yes, my son was shot in the head, and that the bullet had nicked his spine.
So I related that to the Seattle PD, and then (three days after the robbery and attempted murder) a detective went back and re-searched the area. This time, he found a *spent* .22 round in some bushes that the police had missed the first time.
The case is still in their robbery division, not homicide division. The Seattle Police Department still has not corrected its blotter report and it’s still down as merely a pistol-whipping, not an attempted murder.
No doubt that if/when the perp is ID’d and charged, they’ll only under-charge him with robbery and assault or whatever it’s called there, rather than the more appropriate attempted 2nd degree intentional homicide.
One would have thought that with Washington’s legalization of marijuana possession there would be more time/resources for law enforcement to conduct competent investigations into an attempted homicide. While I’m pleased that a competent detective is assigned to the case, it’s astounding that for three days there was an erroneous conclusion that there was no shooting. I’m not at all surprised about under-charging in Seattle…
slohrss29 on 1, September 23, 2014 at 7:26a
“it appears more and more that a person is responsible for his/her own families safety”
Honest law enforcement will freely admit to you that you always had the primary responsibility for you and your familys safety. You can’t depend for 911 to respond.
Anti-gun control advocates, when was the last time you used a gun to cut a slice of bread?
No one has ever said that by regulating guns reasonably, there would be no more killing. We are just interest in cutting down on the speed and ease with which one can kill. A gun makes killing easier.
Justice Holmes – Have you not seen The Magnificent Seven? The knife is faster than the gun. 😉
I went to a holy rollers service once and was amazed @ speaking in tongues. I didn’t know folks also write in tongues.
Begging to this some are products of meth families….RIL
I’m not surprised about the under-charging in this case. On Sunday, September 14, 2014, my wonderful, funny, sweet 22YO son was shot in the head in the Georgetown district of Seattle, after being robbed of his cell phone, and everything in his backpack (including his laptop). The last thing that the main perp said before shooting my son in the face with a .22 was “f-ck it” as though his attempt to murder my child was just an afterthought.
Miraculously, the bullet missed my son’s brain, exiting at the bottom of the back of his head.
The Seattle police erroneously concluded that he had “just” been pistol-whipped and that’s what their blotter report stated. At the scene of the crime, the officers who initially searched only found $34 in cash, a tag that had been ripped from my son’s backpack, and an *unspent* .22 round. When I called the Seattle PD to inquire as to the case of my son being shot in the head at point-blank range, someone in the homicide division pulled up the report on the screen and erroneously related to me that he’d only been pistol-whipped, and that a gun may have gone off, but not shot my son.
My son had given medical personnel permission to discuss his injuries and treatment with me, and the nurse at Harbor View confirmed that yes, my son was shot in the head, and that the bullet had nicked his spine.
So I related that to the Seattle PD, and then (three days after the robbery and attempted murder) a detective went back and re-searched the area. This time, he found a *spent* .22 round in some bushes that the police had missed the first time.
The case is still in their robbery division, not homicide division. The Seattle Police Department still has not corrected its blotter report and it’s still down as merely a pistol-whipping, not an attempted murder.
No doubt that if/when the perp is ID’d and charged, they’ll only under-charge him with robbery and assault or whatever it’s called there, rather than the more appropriate attempted 2nd degree intentional homicide.
One would have thought that with Washington’s legalization of marijuana possession there would be more time/resources for law enforcement to conduct competent investigations into an attempted homicide. While I’m pleased that a competent detective is assigned to the case, it’s astounding that for three days there was an erroneous conclusion that there was no shooting. I’m not at all surprised about under-charging in Seattle…
Paul, Only licensed and trained chefs should be allowed to purchase knives.
Nick – and after a background check and a 7 day waiting period.
What is the federal wait time to get a knife these days? How many knifes were lost during ‘Fast and Furious’?
This guy is mentally ill and probably just wanted to go back to prison. Some homeless people prefer the comforts of prison or a mental ward to sleeping on the street. They think about what crime to commit in order to get there. Some just break a store window, but that doesn’t get you inside for too long. He probably didn’t have money for drugs. So he snapped and went on a crime spree of stabbing people. It gives him a reputation of being a bad dude. It would be interesting to see this guy’s arrest record.
But there isn’t enough room in the prison for people like him. So let him go. We need to lock up mothers to give marijuana to their kids with seizures. people who grow a few plants of marijuana in their house. These are the real criminals we need to get off the street.
Doglover, there is hope.
Fecteau Meets Frankenstein. This requires something simple. A simple minded brain transplant.
Mentally ill. Probably no cure known yet other than constraint. Candidate for brain computer chip research.
Why didn’t JT call for knife control legislation? People don’t kill people, guns, knives, baseball bats, kill people. I’ve carried a Louisville Slugger, Ozzie Smith model, in my car for decades. It ain’t for batting practice. I’ve had to wield it a couple times.
Who would have thought…. somebody finally figured a way to make meth use seem like a desirable alternative.
Been a real monster mash on here lately. Between barbarous police actions and these truly depraved criminals, it appears more and more that a person is responsible for his/her own families safety. Doesn’t say much about society right now.