WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.000 The Detective Sergeant is assigned the burglary detail. 00:11.000 --> 00:16.000 In a year's time, a burglar has taken approximately $80,000 in money and jewelry. 00:16.000 --> 00:20.000 None of his victims can describe him. Your job? Get him. 00:20.000 --> 00:40.000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 00:40.000 --> 00:50.000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 00:50.000 --> 00:58.000 It was Tuesday, July 10th. It was hot in Los Angeles. We were working with Daywatch out of burglary detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Wisdom. My name is Friday. 00:58.000 --> 01:01.000 It was 8.02 a.m. when I got to room 45. 01:01.000 --> 01:02.000 This is burglary. 01:02.000 --> 01:03.000 That you, Joe? 01:03.000 --> 01:04.000 Yeah. 01:04.000 --> 01:05.000 How about that fight last night? 01:05.000 --> 01:06.000 Won't you see it on Channel 4? 01:06.000 --> 01:08.000 No, I started to watch it. The set went off. 01:08.000 --> 01:09.000 Picture tube? 01:09.000 --> 01:13.000 No, Joe. Picture got all fuzzy and started a while. But you know, like when an airplane goes over between the set and the tram. 01:13.000 --> 01:14.000 Oh, yeah, I know. 01:14.000 --> 01:18.000 The set's been acting up lately. I thought there might be something wrong with the aerial, so I figured I'd take a look at it. 01:18.000 --> 01:19.000 Mm-hmm. 01:19.000 --> 01:20.000 Got the ladder out, got up on the roof. 01:20.000 --> 01:22.000 Sure enough, one of the wires on the thing was off. 01:22.000 --> 01:24.000 Just hanging by a little bit of the rubber coating. 01:24.000 --> 01:25.000 Mm-hmm. 01:25.000 --> 01:27.000 Trying back down to get the wire cutters to fix it. Couldn't find them. 01:27.000 --> 01:30.000 How do you use scissors to strip the insulation off the wire? 01:30.000 --> 01:34.000 Got the wire all fixed to flip back on, then I couldn't find the pliers to get the nut off the aerial. 01:34.000 --> 01:36.000 Looked all through the house, no silk. 01:36.000 --> 01:37.000 What'd you do? 01:37.000 --> 01:41.000 Nothing I could do. Tried to get the nut off with the scissors, broke them. Finally went back into the house to listen to the radio. 01:41.000 --> 01:42.000 Fight was over. 01:42.000 --> 01:44.000 Yeah, I only went four rounds. 01:44.000 --> 01:47.000 Yeah, I found that out. Got the radio on just when the announcer was giving the last commercial. 01:47.000 --> 01:49.000 And Fe and me had a talk. 01:49.000 --> 01:50.000 Oh, not again. 01:50.000 --> 01:55.000 Yeah. I told her I was gonna buy a whole new set of tools. The first time I saw the kids with one of them, I was gonna raise the roof. 01:55.000 --> 01:56.000 That must have never happened. 01:56.000 --> 01:59.000 Yeah, it did. Made some remarks about them only being kids. 01:59.000 --> 02:03.000 Said if I wanted to keep the tools out of their hands, I should put them in a place where they can't reach them. 02:03.000 --> 02:04.000 There's only one trouble, Joe. 02:04.000 --> 02:05.000 What's that? 02:05.000 --> 02:07.000 With Mike and Stacey, there isn't such a place. 02:07.000 --> 02:09.000 Oh, yeah, I know what you mean. 02:09.000 --> 02:11.000 It's a really good pipe, though. It's too bad you missed it. 02:11.000 --> 02:12.000 Yeah. 02:12.000 --> 02:13.000 Right in, Smith? 02:13.000 --> 02:14.000 Yeah, Skipper. 02:14.000 --> 02:15.000 Come in here with me. 02:15.000 --> 02:16.000 Right. 02:18.000 --> 02:19.000 Skipper, what's up? 02:19.000 --> 02:20.000 Sit down. 02:21.000 --> 02:27.000 Just got a call from the wheelchair division. That string of burglaries they had out there, they can't spray the man to give this thing a time. 02:27.000 --> 02:30.000 It looks like it's gonna take the turn at all. So I'm putting you two on it. 02:30.000 --> 02:32.000 Here's all the crime reports on. 02:32.000 --> 02:36.000 Looks like they've been busy. A lot of reports here. What's he pickin'? 02:36.000 --> 02:37.000 My name's Jory. 02:37.000 --> 02:38.000 Mm-hmm. 02:38.000 --> 02:41.000 He uses cellulite strips to get into the houses. Not much unusual about that. 02:41.000 --> 02:42.000 No. 02:42.000 --> 02:45.000 According to the reports, he's been hitting around 3.30 to 6 in the afternoon. 02:45.000 --> 02:51.000 Yeah, he evidently rings the bell first to see if there's anybody in the house, and then if there isn't, he uses cellulite to open the door. 02:51.000 --> 02:54.000 Goes through the house, then leaves by the back door. 02:54.000 --> 02:56.000 What's this bit here about the glass of milk? 02:56.000 --> 03:00.000 Well, that's the one part of his amulet of snow. It seems every place he goes into, he has a glass of milk before he leaves. 03:00.000 --> 03:02.000 A little pulse on the glass? 03:02.000 --> 03:04.000 Haven't found any yet. Seems to wipe the glass clean before he leaves. 03:04.000 --> 03:06.000 The stats office come up with anything on the ammo? 03:06.000 --> 03:09.000 Nothing hasn't been checked out. The leads they gave us didn't go anyplace. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 How about the victim? Anyone ever see the guy? 03:11.000 --> 03:17.000 Not good. A couple of them caught glimpses of him leaving the house. Didn't realize at the time that he'd just come from their place. 03:17.000 --> 03:18.000 How about a description? 03:18.000 --> 03:25.000 Everybody that's seen him tells a different story. Some have him tall and thin, others have him short and husky, some have him dark, others light. Anybody's guess. 03:25.000 --> 03:28.000 Oh, that makes it easier. You been working any worn areas, Skipper? 03:28.000 --> 03:31.000 Yeah, according to those reports, he works around in here. 03:35.000 --> 03:39.000 And here. From Wilshire to Pico in the south, from LeBread to Robertson in the west. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 A lot of areas, Skipper. 03:40.000 --> 03:42.000 Yeah. How about health? 03:42.000 --> 03:46.000 Much as you need. Metro will give you as many men as they can spare. I said you could probably count on ten teams. 03:46.000 --> 03:48.000 Well, we should be able to patrol the area pretty well with him. 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 He hit more than one place a day? 03:49.000 --> 03:53.000 Yeah. Sometimes they're forward, depends on how much time it takes him to go through a place. 03:53.000 --> 03:55.000 When will the other works later in the six o'clock? 03:55.000 --> 04:00.000 Oh, I thought we know. He's pretty smart. More people on the streets that time of day, less likely to be noticing him. 04:00.000 --> 04:01.000 That's probably the way he figures it. 04:01.000 --> 04:03.000 I still don't think I get this milk from him. 04:03.000 --> 04:04.000 Yeah, that's a worried one. 04:04.000 --> 04:05.000 Do you have it every place he goes? 04:05.000 --> 04:11.000 Seems to. The owner comes home and finds all the money and jewelry in the place gone and an empty glass on the table in the living room. 04:11.000 --> 04:12.000 Living room? 04:12.000 --> 04:19.000 Yeah, in the living room. Evidently pours the milk right after he gets in the house and carries it around with him while he works. Finishes it up before he leaves. 04:19.000 --> 04:25.000 Boys from Wilshire have found those rings, you know, when you put a glass down on the table. Found them all over the house. 04:25.000 --> 04:26.000 Old Polly Prince at all? 04:26.000 --> 04:33.000 No, Laken Prince has gone over the places completely. Everything they found has a right to be there, along with the family or friends. 04:33.000 --> 04:36.000 Only thousand dollars. How about the pawn shop detail? They turn up anything? 04:36.000 --> 04:39.000 No, nothing. None of the jewelry's turned up as far as we can tell. 04:39.000 --> 04:40.000 Looks like a gem, huh? 04:40.000 --> 04:41.000 It is. It's all yours. 04:41.000 --> 04:43.000 All right. Let me get started on it right away. 04:43.000 --> 04:45.000 You two stay on this until you clean it up. 04:45.000 --> 04:47.000 Right, Skipper. Any ideas where you're going to start? 04:47.000 --> 04:49.000 Well, only one place, the neighborhood where he works. 04:49.000 --> 04:50.000 Yeah. 04:50.000 --> 04:53.000 We don't know him. Maybe he'll come to us. 04:54.000 --> 05:01.000 Frank and I went over the reports. In general, the operation was the usual type. Use of a celluloid stripped into a house wasn't new. 05:01.000 --> 05:06.000 The suspect operated during those times when detection was least likely. He never operated in the rain. 05:06.000 --> 05:11.000 All in all, with the exception of the milk drinking, the case could have been a hundred others. 05:11.000 --> 05:14.000 Frank and I spent the rest of the afternoon talking to the victims who had seen the burglar. 05:14.000 --> 05:19.000 They were all sure that the man they'd seen was the one we wanted, but their description varied from each other. 05:19.000 --> 05:23.000 All the victims had been shown mug books but failed to identify the suspect. 05:23.000 --> 05:28.000 We called Metro Division and asked them to give us as many radio units as possible to cover the area. 05:28.000 --> 05:30.000 We assigned ten cars to the detail. 05:30.000 --> 05:33.000 Frank and I covered the entire area in our car. 05:33.000 --> 05:38.000 Wednesday, September 5th, two months had passed during which time the burglar hit only two houses. 05:38.000 --> 05:44.000 In spite of the heavy patrol action in the area, he got away safely in both instances, 5.45 p.m. 05:48.000 --> 05:49.000 Looks like another day shot, huh? 05:49.000 --> 05:51.000 Yeah, another 15 minutes to go. 05:51.000 --> 05:54.000 One thing, anyways, calm down, Joe. He's going to make a hundred thousand this year. 05:54.000 --> 05:55.000 Right, right. 05:55.000 --> 05:56.000 Yeah? 05:56.000 --> 05:58.000 Over there on the left, White House? 05:58.000 --> 05:59.000 Yeah, I can see him. 05:59.000 --> 06:01.000 Pull over here and we'll walk down. 06:01.000 --> 06:02.000 Right. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 Well, you can get on my side. 06:05.000 --> 06:08.000 All right. 06:10.000 --> 06:11.000 Still working. 06:11.000 --> 06:13.000 Yeah, probably a double lock on that door. 06:13.000 --> 06:15.000 I said it like won't work there. 06:17.000 --> 06:18.000 Have a little trouble, mister? 06:18.000 --> 06:19.000 Huh? 06:19.000 --> 06:20.000 Looks like you have a little trouble getting that door open. 06:20.000 --> 06:21.000 Oh, yeah, I lost the key. 06:21.000 --> 06:22.000 You police officers? 06:22.000 --> 06:23.000 Yeah, that's right. 06:23.000 --> 06:26.000 I'm happy to know you're on the job, protecting my house and all. 06:26.000 --> 06:27.000 Sure appreciate it. 06:27.000 --> 06:28.000 What if we could see your identification? 06:28.000 --> 06:29.000 I beg your pardon? 06:29.000 --> 06:31.000 Your identification? What if we could see it? 06:31.000 --> 06:32.000 Well, what's the matter? 06:32.000 --> 06:33.000 Don't you believe me that I live in this house? 06:33.000 --> 06:35.000 We'd just like to see your ID. 06:35.000 --> 06:36.000 Nothing wrong with you showing it to us, is there? 06:36.000 --> 06:38.000 Oh, of course not. 06:39.000 --> 06:41.000 Gee, looks like I left my wallet in the house. 06:41.000 --> 06:43.000 What's that gadget you were trying to get into the house with there? 06:43.000 --> 06:44.000 Oh, this? 06:44.000 --> 06:45.000 A piece of cellulite. 06:45.000 --> 06:46.000 I read about it some place. 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 I happen to have it. 06:47.000 --> 06:48.000 Turn around. 06:48.000 --> 06:49.000 Will you tour the street? 06:49.000 --> 06:50.000 Yeah, sure. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 What do you want? 06:53.000 --> 06:55.000 What's the address of the house you live in? 06:55.000 --> 06:56.000 The address? 06:56.000 --> 06:57.000 Yeah, sir. 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 You guys still don't believe I live here, do you? 06:59.000 --> 07:01.000 The address, what is it? 07:01.000 --> 07:03.000 It's at 1200 Block in Allendale. 07:03.000 --> 07:04.000 What's your name? 07:04.000 --> 07:05.000 Anderson. 07:05.000 --> 07:06.000 Jack Anderson. 07:06.000 --> 07:08.000 Maybe you can explain why the name of the mailbox is Radcliffe, huh? 07:08.000 --> 07:10.000 Well, yeah, sure I can explain. 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 You see, I'm just visiting here. 07:11.000 --> 07:13.000 Summer vacation, just out here a couple of weeks. 07:13.000 --> 07:15.000 All right, Mr. Standstill. 07:15.000 --> 07:16.000 Hey, wait, what's going on? 07:16.000 --> 07:18.000 You got no right to stand still. 07:19.000 --> 07:21.000 How about this wallet? Is it yours? 07:21.000 --> 07:22.000 Yeah. 07:22.000 --> 07:23.000 Oh, come on, give it back. 07:23.000 --> 07:25.000 Let's take a look here. 07:26.000 --> 07:28.000 You said your name was Anderson, is that right? 07:28.000 --> 07:30.000 Well, yeah, but I can explain that. 07:30.000 --> 07:31.000 I hope so. 07:31.000 --> 07:32.000 I'm going to be a little involved, though. 07:32.000 --> 07:33.000 What's wrong? 07:33.000 --> 07:35.000 Two things, wrong house and wrong identification. 07:39.000 --> 07:42.000 Frank and I took the suspect back to the city hall for interrogation. 07:42.000 --> 07:44.000 Although he gave us the name Jack Anderson, 07:44.000 --> 07:47.000 all his identification bore the name Robert Red Neal. 07:47.000 --> 07:49.000 We ran the name through our eyes. 07:49.000 --> 07:51.000 Neal had several previous arrests on burglary charges. 07:51.000 --> 07:54.000 According to the records, there were no wants on him at the time. 07:54.000 --> 07:57.000 6.20 p.m., Frank and I questioned Neal. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 All right, Neal, come on over. 07:58.000 --> 08:00.000 Okay, so you know I don't live in the house. 08:00.000 --> 08:01.000 It looks like one I do live in. 08:01.000 --> 08:02.000 I just made a mistake, that's all. 08:02.000 --> 08:04.000 I build all these houses out here so they look a little... 08:04.000 --> 08:06.000 Well, look, Neal, don't ask us to believe that one. 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 I'm not asking you to believe anything but the truth, 08:08.000 --> 08:09.000 and I'm telling you that. 08:09.000 --> 08:10.000 Sure, now what about your record? 08:10.000 --> 08:11.000 Well, what about it? 08:11.000 --> 08:12.000 A lot of burglary charges. 08:12.000 --> 08:14.000 All right, I did a little time. 08:14.000 --> 08:16.000 Now what's that prove? I'm going straight now. 08:16.000 --> 08:19.000 You still can't come up with a story to tell why you were trying to get into that house. 08:19.000 --> 08:21.000 I told you, I thought it belonged to a friend of mine. 08:21.000 --> 08:22.000 What's it belong? 08:22.000 --> 08:23.000 I don't remember. 08:23.000 --> 08:24.000 You like milk, Neal? 08:24.000 --> 08:25.000 Huh? 08:25.000 --> 08:26.000 You like milk? 08:26.000 --> 08:28.000 Look, I don't get this, what are you trying to prove? 08:28.000 --> 08:30.000 Just answer the question, do you like milk? 08:30.000 --> 08:31.000 I can take it or leave it alone. 08:31.000 --> 08:32.000 I'm a big boy now. 08:32.000 --> 08:33.000 Sometimes I drink coffee. 08:33.000 --> 08:34.000 How long have you been in town, Neal? 08:34.000 --> 08:35.000 A couple of weeks. 08:35.000 --> 08:36.000 Why? 08:36.000 --> 08:37.000 Where were you before you got here? 08:37.000 --> 08:38.000 Up north. 08:38.000 --> 08:39.000 Where up north? 08:39.000 --> 08:40.000 Down Sacramento. 08:40.000 --> 08:41.000 What did you do up there? 08:41.000 --> 08:42.000 A few odd jobs. 08:42.000 --> 08:44.000 Look, if you guys are going to book me, then do it. 08:44.000 --> 08:45.000 Let's get this yak over with. 08:45.000 --> 08:47.000 A couple of things we want to settle first, Neal. 08:47.000 --> 08:48.000 What? 08:48.000 --> 08:49.000 How long were you up north? 08:49.000 --> 08:52.000 Um, I guess it's been about six, seven months. 08:52.000 --> 08:53.000 Seven months. 08:53.000 --> 08:54.000 You got any way of proving that? 08:54.000 --> 08:55.000 Look, why should I have to prove anything? 08:55.000 --> 08:56.000 You guys figure you got a rap you can stick me with, okay, try it. 08:56.000 --> 08:57.000 Book me in. 08:57.000 --> 08:58.000 Look, don't press me. 08:58.000 --> 08:59.000 Oh, can you prove you're up north for the last seven months? 08:59.000 --> 09:00.000 Yeah, it shouldn't be any trouble at all. 09:00.000 --> 09:01.000 Who do we talk to? 09:01.000 --> 09:02.000 The sheriff up there. 09:02.000 --> 09:03.000 He had me in the can. 09:03.000 --> 09:04.000 After waiting for two months, the one suspect we were able to turn had an alibi that we 09:04.000 --> 09:05.000 couldn't shake. 09:05.000 --> 09:06.000 Frank and I went back to rolling stakeout. 09:06.000 --> 09:07.000 The burglaries continued. 09:07.000 --> 09:08.000 Evidently, the burglar was getting more and more reckless. 09:08.000 --> 09:09.000 The police cars in the area were acting as less of a deterrent to his activities. 09:09.000 --> 09:10.000 In two weeks, he looted 16,000 pounds of cash. 09:10.000 --> 09:11.000 He was a good boy. 09:11.000 --> 09:12.000 He was a good boy. 09:12.000 --> 09:13.000 He was a good boy. 09:13.000 --> 09:14.000 He was a good boy. 09:14.000 --> 09:25.000 He was a good boy. 09:25.000 --> 09:48.000 He was a good boy. 09:48.000 --> 09:57.000 He was a good boy. 09:57.000 --> 10:04.000 He was a good boy. 10:04.000 --> 10:09.000 He was a good boy. 10:09.000 --> 10:19.000 He was a good boy. 10:19.000 --> 10:28.000 He was a good boy. 10:28.000 --> 10:35.000 He was a good boy. 10:35.000 --> 10:43.000 He was a good boy. 10:43.000 --> 10:50.000 He was a good boy. 10:50.000 --> 11:02.000 He was a good boy. 11:02.000 --> 11:12.000 He was a good boy. 11:12.000 --> 11:23.000 He was a good boy. 11:23.000 --> 11:33.000 He was a good boy. 11:33.000 --> 11:40.000 He was a good boy. 11:40.000 --> 11:51.000 He was a good boy. 11:51.000 --> 11:58.000 He was a good boy. 11:58.000 --> 12:05.000 He was a good boy. 12:05.000 --> 12:14.000 He was a good boy. 12:14.000 --> 12:21.000 He was a good boy. 12:21.000 --> 12:28.000 He was a good boy. 12:28.000 --> 12:35.000 He was a good boy. 12:35.000 --> 12:45.000 He was a good boy. 12:45.000 --> 12:52.000 He was a good boy. 12:52.000 --> 13:03.000 He was a good boy. 13:03.000 --> 13:09.000 He was a good boy. 13:09.000 --> 13:17.000 He was a good boy. 13:17.000 --> 13:26.000 He was a good boy. 13:26.000 --> 13:29.700 about him, how he drinks and causes trouble, spends what little money they have on liquor. 13:29.700 --> 13:31.700 Oh, did this boy tell you his name then? 13:31.700 --> 13:34.700 Not at first. He said he didn't want me to turn him in. 13:34.700 --> 13:38.200 I told him that I wouldn't, and then he said he was Bob, Bob Allison. 13:38.200 --> 13:39.100 Did he tell you where he lived? 13:39.100 --> 13:43.200 Not exactly. He said someplace out on East Los Angeles. 13:43.200 --> 13:46.700 I got the idea that he wasn't too proud of his home. 13:46.700 --> 13:47.700 Can't say they're blaming him. 13:47.700 --> 13:50.200 Uh-huh. How about a description then, what he looked like? 13:50.200 --> 13:52.100 Well, now let me think. 13:52.100 --> 13:58.100 I'd say he was young, about 17, maybe 18. Such a young man to be doing something like this. 13:58.100 --> 13:59.600 How tall would you say he was, ma'am? 13:59.600 --> 14:04.600 Tall? Oh, I guess as tall as you are, maybe just a teeny bit taller. 14:04.600 --> 14:06.100 That'd make him about 60? 14:06.100 --> 14:07.400 Yes, I guess so. 14:07.400 --> 14:08.400 How about his belt, ma'am? 14:08.400 --> 14:16.600 Oh, nice, broad shoulders. You got no idea how I felt when I thought about this boy being a thief. It's terrible. 14:16.600 --> 14:19.600 Would you say he was heavy or slight? About how much would you say weight? 14:19.600 --> 14:24.600 Oh, I'm not... I'm bad at guessing people's weight. It'd be difficult to say. 14:24.600 --> 14:26.600 Well, ma'am, would you say he was as heavy as I am? 14:26.600 --> 14:28.100 Yes, about your weight. 14:28.100 --> 14:29.600 How about the color of his hair? 14:29.600 --> 14:36.600 Light, nice, brown hair. Then a little wave right here in front, blue eyes. Looked like such a little boy when he cried. 14:36.600 --> 14:41.100 Yes, ma'am. Was there any unusual about him that you might have noticed? Scars, moles, anything like that? 14:41.100 --> 14:42.600 No, not a thing. 14:42.600 --> 14:44.600 Well, how about the way he talked, anything unusual there, maybe? 14:44.600 --> 14:46.100 Mm-mm. Sorry. 14:46.100 --> 14:48.100 How about his clothes, Mrs. Brewer? How was he dressed? 14:48.100 --> 14:53.600 A pair of slacks, a white shirt and no tie. A button was missing from his shirt. Poor boy. 14:53.600 --> 14:57.600 Probably hasn't got anyone to take care of his clothes. Had on a school sweater. 14:57.600 --> 15:03.600 You know the kind of the things you get when you're going to graduate? Has the initial of a school on it and no stripes on the sleeve. 15:03.600 --> 15:05.600 Yes, ma'am. What was the initial on the sweater? 15:05.600 --> 15:11.600 There wasn't one. It had been taken off. I could tell that there had been one, though, because a few of the threads were still in the wall. 15:11.600 --> 15:13.100 How about the color of the sweater? 15:13.100 --> 15:15.600 Brown, dark brown to yellow stripes. 15:15.600 --> 15:21.100 Now, Mrs. Brewer. Yes? The glass of milk that the boy drank from the glass. Has it been washed yet? 15:21.100 --> 15:24.600 I thought you'd ask about that. No, I set the side for you. 15:24.600 --> 15:28.600 You have it now, ma'am? Yes, it's in the kitchen. My husband said you'd want it. 15:28.600 --> 15:32.100 He was hopping mad when he heard about it. Just about raised the roof right off the house. 15:32.100 --> 15:33.600 I wonder if we could see that glass. 15:33.600 --> 15:35.600 Of course. It's right out here in the kitchen. 15:35.600 --> 15:37.100 All right. 15:40.600 --> 15:42.600 There it is on the green board. 15:42.600 --> 15:43.600 Anybody touch it since the boy? 15:43.600 --> 15:47.600 No, I don't think so. My husband might have, but I don't think he did. 15:47.600 --> 15:51.100 He was quite adamant about me not washing it until you came. 15:51.100 --> 15:55.100 Mrs. Blair, this happened last night. How was it you waited until this morning to report it? 15:55.100 --> 16:00.100 Well, at first I believed the boy. Really thought that it was just circumstances that made him steal. 16:00.100 --> 16:03.600 I felt so sorry for him when he broke down and cried. 16:03.600 --> 16:08.100 Right here, leaving. Give him every chance. At that time, I let him go. 16:08.100 --> 16:11.600 I thought that it might do you some good. This was a new beginning. 16:11.600 --> 16:14.600 When I told my husband about it, like I said, he was pretty sore. 16:14.600 --> 16:20.100 Talked about the young thief. We never had any children of our own, and I felt so sorry for the boy. 16:20.100 --> 16:22.600 I guess my husband couldn't understand. 16:22.600 --> 16:28.600 When Bob, that's his name, when Bob said he was sorry, I believed him and let him go. 16:28.600 --> 16:30.600 Just let him walk right out of the house. 16:30.600 --> 16:33.600 My husband got home and I told him. He said to call you. 16:33.600 --> 16:36.600 I tried to talk to Sam. That's my husband. 16:36.600 --> 16:42.600 I didn't make him understand, but he insisted. 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We ran the name Bob and Robert Allison through R&I. 19:10.600 --> 19:16.600 There was no record on anyone answering his description. We got out a local broadcast and an APB on him. 19:16.600 --> 19:19.600 Mrs. Blair went over the mug books but was unable to identify the boy. 19:19.600 --> 19:25.600 Frank got in touch with the Board of Education and asked for the name of the school using the colors brown and gold. 19:25.600 --> 19:28.600 We told them that it would take a little time to check but that they'd call us back. 19:28.600 --> 19:33.600 We notified the cars from Metro of the new developments and gave them the description of the boy. 19:33.600 --> 19:36.600 A check of the phone books for the name netted us nothing. 19:36.600 --> 19:40.600 Latent prints were sent out to the home of Enid Blair to get the fingerprints of she and her husband. 19:40.600 --> 19:45.600 When checking over the empty glass found in the Blair home, besides the prints of Mr. and Mrs. Blair, 19:45.600 --> 19:48.600 Dean Bergman came up with a partial unidentified print. 19:48.600 --> 19:53.600 It was not enough for classification but he told us that if we turned the burglar, he could tell us if we had the right man or not. 19:53.600 --> 19:57.600 4.30 p.m. Frank and I cruised the area the burglar had been working in. 19:57.600 --> 20:00.600 We were in constant contact with the other ten cars in the field. 20:00.600 --> 20:02.600 Figure he's still working his neighborhood, Joe? 20:02.600 --> 20:04.600 Well, we got no choice till we hear otherwise. 20:04.600 --> 20:06.600 Funny about the Blair woman, isn't it? 20:06.600 --> 20:07.600 What? 20:07.600 --> 20:09.600 You know, turning the kid loose. Sure must have put on a show. 20:09.600 --> 20:10.600 Oh, yeah, sure. 20:10.600 --> 20:11.600 What time you got? 20:11.600 --> 20:14.600 4.38. Got another hour and a half. 20:17.600 --> 20:18.600 Frank? 20:18.600 --> 20:19.600 Yeah, Joe? 20:19.600 --> 20:20.600 Up ahead there in the corner? 20:20.600 --> 20:22.600 Yeah, a brown sweater could be. 20:22.600 --> 20:24.600 All right, let's go. 20:26.600 --> 20:28.600 He sees us making a break through that yard there. 20:29.600 --> 20:30.600 Come on. 20:33.600 --> 20:35.600 All right, hold it up there. 20:35.600 --> 20:37.600 Here's a stopper. 20:37.600 --> 20:38.600 What about that garage? 20:38.600 --> 20:39.600 I'll try and hit him off. 20:39.600 --> 20:40.600 All right, watch it. 20:49.600 --> 20:50.600 Joe, you see him? 20:50.600 --> 20:51.600 No, we missed him someplace. 20:51.600 --> 20:53.600 All right, I'll go back to the car. 20:53.600 --> 20:54.600 All right? 21:03.600 --> 21:05.600 I'll call in here, all right? 21:07.600 --> 21:09.600 Unit 1K80 to Unit 2R1. 21:09.600 --> 21:11.600 Unit 1K80 to Unit 2R1. 21:11.600 --> 21:13.600 Come in, please. 21:13.600 --> 21:15.600 Unit 2R1 to 1K80, come in. 21:16.600 --> 21:18.600 Suspect WMA, 17 to 19 years old, 21:18.600 --> 21:21.600 wearing tan trousers and brown and gold sweater, 21:21.600 --> 21:22.600 fleeing on foot. 21:22.600 --> 21:24.600 Last seen going east on Chalmers Drive 21:24.600 --> 21:26.600 at the corner of Spalding Avenue. 21:26.600 --> 21:28.600 Please block at Chalmers and Hayworth. 21:28.600 --> 21:31.600 Repeat, please block at Chalmers and Hayworth. 21:31.600 --> 21:33.600 Roger, 1K80. 21:33.600 --> 21:36.600 Unit 2R7, come in, please. 21:36.600 --> 21:39.600 Unit 2R7 to 1K80, go ahead. 21:39.600 --> 21:41.600 You get the description all right? 21:41.600 --> 21:42.600 Yeah. 21:42.600 --> 21:45.600 Want to cover Berro's Drive and Hay Street? 21:45.600 --> 21:47.600 Repeat, Berro's Drive and Hay Street. 21:47.600 --> 21:48.600 Over. 21:48.600 --> 21:50.600 Roger, 1K80. 21:50.600 --> 21:55.600 Units 2R2, 2R3, 2R4, 2R5, and 2R6, 21:55.600 --> 21:58.600 converge on area adjacent to Chalmers and Spalding. 21:58.600 --> 22:02.600 Repeat, converge on corner of Chalmers and Spalding. 22:02.600 --> 22:04.600 Unit 2R20 will direct operations. 22:04.600 --> 22:06.600 1K80 off. 22:06.600 --> 22:08.600 Blocked in, let's fight. 22:13.600 --> 22:15.600 We knew the suspect was in the blockaded area 22:15.600 --> 22:18.600 with the units from Metro Division blocking the street. 22:18.600 --> 22:20.600 There was no escape for him. 22:20.600 --> 22:22.600 Frank and I walked down Spalding Avenue. 22:22.600 --> 22:25.600 Down the street we could see Unit 2R20 getting into position. 22:25.600 --> 22:28.600 Sergeant Masters was directing the operations from there. 22:28.600 --> 22:30.600 The search went on. 22:30.600 --> 22:32.600 640 p.m. We still hadn't found him. 22:32.600 --> 22:35.600 At each house we notified the people to be on the lookout for the suspect. 22:35.600 --> 22:38.600 In the event they saw him, they were instructed to call police headquarters. 22:38.600 --> 22:40.600 They in turn would contact Sergeant Masters 22:40.600 --> 22:42.600 and appropriate action could be taken. 22:42.600 --> 22:45.600 7, 10 p.m. We just about covered the entire area. 22:47.600 --> 22:48.600 What do you figure, Joe? 22:48.600 --> 22:50.600 Yeah, I could have gotten there. 22:50.600 --> 22:51.600 It's got to be in here someplace. 22:51.600 --> 22:53.600 Two more blocks to go, not much cover. 22:53.600 --> 22:55.600 I figure he hasn't been sitting still. 22:55.600 --> 22:56.600 He's probably been moving too. 22:56.600 --> 22:57.600 Yeah. 22:57.600 --> 22:58.600 How about that garage back there? 22:58.600 --> 22:59.600 I'll check it. 23:02.600 --> 23:04.600 Big place, Joe. Looks like a workshop. 23:04.600 --> 23:05.600 Yeah. 23:05.600 --> 23:07.600 I wonder who it belongs to. 23:07.600 --> 23:09.600 Imagine that house over there, don't you? 23:09.600 --> 23:10.600 It's where the wires lead. 23:10.600 --> 23:12.600 Wait a minute. 23:13.600 --> 23:14.600 Here, look at this. 23:14.600 --> 23:15.600 Broken padlock. 23:15.600 --> 23:17.600 This must be where he is. 23:17.600 --> 23:19.600 Not easy. 23:23.600 --> 23:25.600 Ah, young fella, come on out. 23:26.600 --> 23:27.600 What do you think? 23:27.600 --> 23:29.600 There's no other door. Come on. 23:33.600 --> 23:35.600 All right, come on, boy. Give it up. We know you're in here. 23:37.600 --> 23:38.600 How about the lights, Joe? 23:38.600 --> 23:40.600 Here, I got them. 23:41.600 --> 23:42.600 Bigger inside than it looks. 23:42.600 --> 23:43.600 Doesn't place it could be hiding. 23:43.600 --> 23:45.600 Yeah. You want to check over there, back of those legs. 23:45.600 --> 23:46.600 I'll take this side. 23:46.600 --> 23:47.600 Right. 23:49.600 --> 23:51.600 What about over here? How about you? 23:51.600 --> 23:52.600 No. 23:52.600 --> 23:54.600 How about that balcony up there? 23:54.600 --> 23:55.600 The wooden paint cans, see up there? 23:55.600 --> 23:56.600 Yeah. 23:56.600 --> 23:57.600 Somebody could hide up there. 23:57.600 --> 23:59.600 All right, I'll take a look. 23:59.600 --> 24:00.600 Take it easy, Joe. 24:00.600 --> 24:01.600 Yeah. 24:01.600 --> 24:06.600 All right, give it up, fella. You got no place to go. 24:08.600 --> 24:10.600 Watch it, Joe. It's a paint can. 24:10.600 --> 24:12.600 Let me go. Let me go. 24:12.600 --> 24:13.600 Frank. 24:13.600 --> 24:15.600 Yeah, Joe, I got it. Go away. Go away. 24:15.600 --> 24:16.600 All right, watch it, Frank. 24:16.600 --> 24:17.600 I see. 24:18.600 --> 24:19.600 Ow. 24:19.600 --> 24:20.600 Come here, you. 24:26.600 --> 24:28.600 I didn't mean to cut him. 24:28.600 --> 24:31.600 I didn't mean to cut him. I told you to leave me alone. I told you. 24:31.600 --> 24:33.600 All right, come on. Get up, you. 24:34.600 --> 24:35.600 How about it, Frank? You all right? 24:35.600 --> 24:37.600 Oh, Joe, just to cut it, isn't it? All right. 24:37.600 --> 24:41.600 Let me go. I didn't mean it. I got scared. I didn't mean it. 24:41.600 --> 24:43.600 I don't know what I'll do if my family finds out. 24:43.600 --> 24:47.600 Yeah, sure. You going to tell us about your sister, the one who was sick, and your drunken father? 24:47.600 --> 24:48.600 Huh? 24:48.600 --> 24:51.600 Well, are we going to get the full treatment here, the same one you gave Miss Blair? 24:52.600 --> 24:53.600 She told you, huh? 24:53.600 --> 24:55.600 Yeah, she told us. What's your name, boy? 24:55.600 --> 24:56.600 Akins. 24:56.600 --> 24:57.600 Robert Akins. 24:57.600 --> 24:59.600 You should have got me tagged for the jobs, huh? 24:59.600 --> 25:00.600 Yeah, we got you tagged. 25:01.600 --> 25:02.600 How's the deal? 25:03.600 --> 25:04.600 I thought for sure I had her figured. 25:04.600 --> 25:06.600 How do you deal all the way around? 25:07.600 --> 25:08.600 I never should have started it. 25:08.600 --> 25:11.600 All I got was a lot of cheap jewelry and a little money. 25:11.600 --> 25:14.600 What do you mean, cheap jewelry? I'll report to show you that little better than 80,000. 25:14.600 --> 25:17.600 80,000? That's a lot. 25:17.600 --> 25:19.600 A lot of costume junk, a little money. 25:20.600 --> 25:23.600 80,000. Somebody's been giving you a snow job. 25:23.600 --> 25:26.600 When I didn't throw away, I still got cheap cut. 25:26.600 --> 25:28.600 You got cheap costume junk, that's all. 25:28.600 --> 25:29.600 All right, Akins, let's go. 25:29.600 --> 25:30.600 Yeah. 25:34.600 --> 25:36.600 I should have known not to trust that Blair woman. 25:36.600 --> 25:37.600 I should have known. 25:38.600 --> 25:40.600 I was caught before, you know, a couple of times. 25:40.600 --> 25:41.600 Yeah, right? 25:41.600 --> 25:42.600 Yeah, a couple of times. 25:43.600 --> 25:44.600 He let me go. 25:44.600 --> 25:45.600 Started to cry. 25:46.600 --> 25:47.600 I'm getting that story about my sister. 25:47.600 --> 25:48.600 He let me go. 25:49.600 --> 25:51.600 I'm the kind that really did it, though. 25:51.600 --> 25:53.600 As soon as I started to boil, they turned me loose. 25:53.600 --> 25:55.600 Good gimmick, huh, kind? 25:55.600 --> 25:56.600 Yeah, sure. 25:56.600 --> 25:58.600 Don't try it on the jury, it won't work. 26:05.600 --> 26:08.600 The story you have just heard was true. 26:08.600 --> 26:10.600 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:19.600 --> 26:24.600 Robert Charles Aiken was filed on and found guilty of 12 counts of second-degree burglary. 26:24.600 --> 26:28.600 He was released to the Youth Authority for parolement and possible rehabilitation. 26:28.600 --> 26:33.600 Ladies and gentlemen, lightning starts a few forest fires every year. 26:33.600 --> 26:36.600 But careless people cause many, many more. 26:37.600 --> 26:41.600 This shameful waste of one of our greatest natural resources weakens America. 26:42.600 --> 26:47.600 This weekend, if you picnic or camp out, please be careful with fire. 26:47.600 --> 26:52.600 Be sure, be very sure your campfire is really out before you leave it. 26:52.600 --> 26:55.600 Remember, only you can prevent forest fires. 27:05.600 --> 27:09.600 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:09.600 --> 27:14.600 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 27:14.600 --> 27:19.600 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wien, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 27:19.600 --> 27:23.600 Heard tonight were Herb Ellis, June Whitley, Jack Prusian. 27:23.600 --> 27:50.600 Script by John Robinson, music by Walter Schuman, Hal Gibney speaking.