U.S. marshals are looking for a convicted killer who they say violated his parole and failed to show up for trial on separate and unrelated charges last year.
Lee Harris, of the District, was convicted of manslaughter while armed in the mid-1980s and sentenced to 45 years in prison, according to law enforcement and prison officials. He has been paroled from the system numerous times during the past 20 years only to be sent back in for violating his conditions of release, prison officials said.
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Now the 45-year-old Harris is wanted on new charges stemming from an incident last summer. Marshals deputies are asking the public to help get him off the streets.
“Harris cannot be given the opportunity to harm anyone else,” said Deputy Marshal William Martin. “He has a 20-year history of violence and total disregard for the safety and well-being of others. This is not the type of person anyone wants in their community.”
Harris’ rap sheet includes multiple charges of armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon on two separate occasions, marshals said.
In July 2009, after Harris had been out on parole for less than a year, D.C. patrol officers tried to pull him over for a traffic violation, according to a police affidavit. Harris refused to pull over and police followed him for several blocks before he jumped from the car and fled on foot. Police chased him down but one officer was injured while taking him down, the report said.
Harris was charged with fleeing from police, driving an unregistered vehicle, reckless driving and misuse of temporary plates. But he never showed up for his trial and a warrant was issued for his arrest in October.
Harris is described as 6 feet tall, weighing 155 pounds and is balding, with gray and black hair. He was born and raised in D.C., with a last known address on the 1400 block of Bangor Street SE.
Anyone with information on Harris’ whereabouts is urged to call the U.S. Marshals Service at 800-336-0102 or 301-487-1717.
