Hearing postponed for Williams case figure

Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News

Published January 19, 2007 at midnight

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A parole violation hearing scheduled today for the lone man in custody in connection with the Darrent Williams slaying investigation has been postponed for two weeks.

Willie D. Clark, 23, was to have appeared before the state parole board to answer an allegation that he was not living at his grandmother's southeast Denver home, as he had pledged to do upon being paroled July 18 from the Department of Corrections.

The hearing is now rescheduled for Feb. 2.

"We will continue our parole hold on this offender for the purpose of further investigation of parole violations,"

said Tim Hand, assistant director of parole for the state Department of Corrections.

Clark was arrested Jan. 5 on the alleged parole violation, but has also been named a person of interest in the Williams case. Williams, the popular 24-year-old cornerback for the Denver Broncos, was shot and killed New Year's Day morning while he and a group of friends were riding away from a Denver nightclub in a rented stretch Hummer.

No arrests have been made in the Williams probe.

Hand said the postponement, during which Clark can not be freed on bond, was not for the purpose of buying more time for Williams case investigators to build their case against the athlete's killer or killers.

"Denver P.D. did not request a continuance," said Hand. "It was our parole officers who did that."

As for the status of the Williams case, Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said, "We're continuing moving forward. That's pretty much about it."

Clark's attorney, Michael Andre, continues to decline comment on whether his client is cooperating with Williams case detectives on any level.

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