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Apr 18, 2021 NEGLEY Former Chairman of Compco Industries and former Mahoning County Republican Chairman, Clarence R. “Sonny” Smith, 92, died Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at Briarfield at Ashley Circle. He also operated Adamas Gem Shop at Market Street and McClurg Road, and Diamond Steel for many years. He served as county GOP chieftain from 1998 to 2010; and was a member of the Mahoning County Board of Elections from June 1998 to Jan. 7, 2013. Active in the community, Mr. Smith was a strong supporter of Youngstown State University and Boardman High School, Sister Jerome’s ministries, Native American Indians, Boy Scouts and many civic concerns. At YSU, he was a major contributor to Penguin sports programs and played a major role in philanthropic efforts to raise funds for the construction of Stambaugh Stadium. Mr. Smith served as the co-chair of the Stambaugh Stadium project and was instrumental in the brick campaign. ....
out of the two people, which would had the best training and the ability of doing explosive work? holley said that smitty had that experience from his time in the military. narrator: karl holley described how he carried out the hit with smitty. holley and smith went to jacksonville and met with another biker who provided the c-4. he brought out a three-foot stick of the explosive, they cut off a foot of it and they started a continuous drive to new orleans to conduct the hit. they went back to collins house that night. smith said, drop me off and pick me up in a few minutes, i ll take care of it. narrator: holley said smitty then shimmied under collins truck and wired explosives to the brake lights. they went to a motel and waited. around 7:30 that sunday morning when robert lee collins was backing out of his driveway in his pickup truck, he tapped the brakes. ....
A book that you re ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! announcer: in the spring of 1983, clarence smitty smith, the president of the outlaws motorcycle club in florida, was about to stand trial for a quadruple homicide in ft. lauderdale. mr. smith, how are you doing this morning? announcer: smitty s alleged accomplice, a biker known as yankee, had eluded authorities. public defender took on smitty s case. some of the outlaws were a bit rough around the edges. smitty as far as personality was concerned was not like that at all. i felt he had a compelling story to tell. my dad was ex-military. ....
narrator: the force of the explosion ripped apart the truck and robert collins. both legs were blown off essentially. most of his left hand, and then on the right hand two or three fingers. he lived for six hours or so but essentially died of the blunt force trauma and bleeding to death. holley and smith learned on the news that the explosion had happened and so they drove back immediately to florida, got paid and went their way. narrator: prosecutors decided not to charge smitty with the federal crime of killing a witness. instead, he was tried in louisiana state court for capital murder. the state of louisiana had capital punishment as a potential sentence. the federal government did not have that at the time. there was ever a case for the death penalty, it was certainly this particular case. ....
Yippiekiyay. mom. narrator: just months after clarence smitty smith was acquitted of a quadruple homicide in ft. lauderdale, he was arrested for a car bombing that had occurred two years earlier in new orleans. you know, i was only out three months and i was back in again, and i says, well, i m back under arrest again, ....