1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,440 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,240 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,720 Drag nets. 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:25,200 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,320 You're assigned to robbery detail. 6 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,320 A holdup man has been hitting the banks in your city. 7 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:34,360 After two months of following down leads, you get a possible identification. 8 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:40,480 Your job, check it out. 9 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:41,480 It was Thursday, July 25th. 10 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:43,200 It was warm in Los Angeles. 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,160 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 12 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:48,200 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detectives Thad Brown. 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:49,200 My name is Friday. 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,160 We were on our way out from the office and it was 1042 A.M. when we got to 896 Dwayne 15 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:54,160 Street. 16 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,160 Front door. 17 00:00:55,160 --> 00:01:01,880 I'll get it again. 18 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:02,880 This is nobody home. 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:03,880 Yeah. 20 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,880 You see in that window? 21 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,280 No, can't see anybody moving around in there. 22 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,280 Let's try the back. 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,040 All right. 24 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:15,040 Round this way. 25 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,040 Uh-huh. 26 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,280 Hey, sure pretty, isn't it, Joe? 27 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,280 What's that? 28 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:21,280 Rose tree there. 29 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,280 Bella Portugal. 30 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:23,280 Sure pretty. 31 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,280 What? 32 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:25,280 It's a little bit of a fence. 33 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,080 Isn't that big, but we got roses on it already. 34 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:28,080 What did you call it? 35 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,080 One of those Bella Portugal rose trees. 36 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,080 Oh. 37 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:32,080 I'll pick a couple for you. 38 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,080 Bring them in the office. 39 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,080 Thanks, Frank. 40 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,080 I don't know what I'd do with them, do you? 41 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:36,080 Well, you can give them to Ann. 42 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,080 She'd like them. 43 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:38,080 Yeah. 44 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:39,080 I get it. 45 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,080 See anybody? 46 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:48,080 No, looks like there's someone in the lawn chair over there, doesn't it? 47 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:49,080 Huh. 48 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:50,080 Miss Clark? 49 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:51,080 Yes, who is it? 50 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,080 Yeah, come on. 51 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:53,080 You miss Viola Clark? 52 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,080 That's right. 53 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:55,080 Police officers, Miss Clark. 54 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:56,080 This is Frank Smith. 55 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,080 My name's Friday. 56 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:58,080 Well, how do you do? 57 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,080 How you doing, ma'am? 58 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:00,080 What can I do for you? 59 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,080 We'd like to ask a few questions. 60 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:02,080 About Louie? 61 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,080 Yes, ma'am. 62 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:04,080 Well, would you mind talking inside? 63 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,080 I'd rather the neighbors didn't know all my business. 64 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:07,080 All right, fine. 65 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,080 We can talk in there without anybody hearing. 66 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:10,080 Yes, ma'am. 67 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,080 Sure beautiful morning. 68 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,080 Hot. 69 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,080 Mm-hmm. 70 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,080 We're planning a little trip down to the desert this weekend. 71 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,080 Get some rest and a little sun. 72 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,080 Yes, ma'am. 73 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,080 I was trying to get a tan before then. 74 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,080 Mm-hmm. 75 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,080 Look, come on in. 76 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,080 Thank you. 77 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:25,080 Just go on through the kitchen. 78 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,080 We can talk in the dining room. 79 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:27,080 All right, thank you. 80 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,080 I just feel funny going to a place where there's a swimming pool and sitting there without 81 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,080 a tan, don't you? 82 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:32,080 Yes, ma'am. 83 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,080 Well, I do anyway. 84 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,080 It makes me feel self-conscious like. 85 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,080 I see, ma'am. 86 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,080 Well, just go on in and sit down. 87 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,080 I'll get us something cold to drink. 88 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:38,080 No, that's all right, Miss Clark. 89 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,080 Thank you. 90 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:40,080 How about you, Mr. Smith? 91 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:41,080 No, ma'am. 92 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,080 Well, I'm going to have something. 93 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,080 Bill, that's my husband. 94 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,080 Brought me a case of that new kind of drink, you know, without any calories. 95 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,080 Yes, ma'am. 96 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:46,080 All kinds of flavors, supposedly. 97 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:53,080 Supposed to be for people who are supposed to reduce, of course. 98 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:58,080 I don't really need it, just that Bill bought it and all. 99 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,080 Sit down. 100 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,080 Thank you. 101 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,080 Now, what was it about Louis? 102 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:02,080 He's your brother, is that right? 103 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,080 Well, yes, actually. 104 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:04,080 He's my half-brother. 105 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:05,080 You see, his father died and our mother remarried. 106 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:06,080 I see. 107 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,080 He's my half-brother. 108 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,080 When did you see him last? 109 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,080 Oh, let's see. 110 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,080 I guess it was before the trial. 111 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,080 I don't know. 112 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:12,080 I don't know. 113 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:13,080 I don't know. 114 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,080 When did you see him last? 115 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:17,080 Oh, let's see. 116 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,080 I guess it was before the trouble I had about ten years ago. 117 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,080 You heard anything from him since? 118 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,080 Oh, a couple of times. 119 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:21,080 Different people have told me they saw Louis. 120 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:22,080 We always send it there. 121 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,080 But you haven't talked to him, huh? 122 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,080 Well, no, not in ten years. 123 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,080 Would you excuse me a minute? 124 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,080 I forgot the bottle opener. 125 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,080 Yes, ma'am. 126 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,080 When Louis got into trouble, we sort of stopped seeing each other. 127 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,080 I tried to write to him when he was in prison, a little talky talky letter, but they just 128 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,080 seemed to separate us more. 129 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,080 What was that again, ma'am? 130 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:32,080 I didn't hear you. 131 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:33,080 I said that I tried to write to him. 132 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,080 I tried to write to him. 133 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,080 I tried to write to him. 134 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:46,080 I tried to write to him when he was in prison, sort of a, you know, a talky talky letter, 135 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,080 but, well, they just seemed to separate us more. 136 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:50,080 I see. 137 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:51,080 Did you see him when he was in prison? 138 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,080 Oh, no, it was during the war and I was pretty busy with other things. 139 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:55,080 Uh-huh. 140 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:56,080 Huh. 141 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,080 Bill, my husband, was overseas and I was writing to him, sending him little things. 142 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,080 Just never seemed to get around to seeing Louis. 143 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,080 Oh, I thought about it, but just never quite seemed to get to it. 144 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,080 New flavor, pineapple pie, kind of tangy. 145 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,080 You sure you don't want any? 146 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,080 No, no, thank you. 147 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,080 Oh, that's good. 148 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,080 I've got some little crackers, low calorie. 149 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:20,080 Would you like some of them? 150 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:21,080 No, ma'am, thank you. 151 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,080 Well, when Louis got out of jail, I heard he went back east, Salt Lake, I think, got 152 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,080 a job with a paint store back there. 153 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:28,080 He did pretty good. 154 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,080 Something happened, though. 155 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:30,080 He quit or got fired or something. 156 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,080 Anyway, he came out here again. 157 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,080 Do you have any idea where your brother might be staying? 158 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,080 No, last I heard it was in some furnished room down on Pico. 159 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:38,080 Would you have the address? 160 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,080 I'm afraid not. 161 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,080 Do you have any idea where we might be able to get it? 162 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,080 Not the least. 163 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,080 Uh-huh. 164 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,080 What's he done this time? 165 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,080 Well, it'll be better if we talk to him about it, ma'am. 166 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,080 Well, it seems to me I'm the sister. 167 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,080 You should be able to tell me. 168 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,080 I'm certainly going to cooperate with you. 169 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,080 I think it'd be better if we talked to him, though. 170 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,080 That's the way you're going to handle it. 171 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,080 There's not much I can do. 172 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,080 Did your brother have any hobbies, anything that he might try to work at? 173 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,080 No, not that I can remember. 174 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,080 Well, when he was a kid, I think he used to collect stamps, 175 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,080 but then I guess every boy does that. 176 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,080 Mostly, though, he used to read a lot, always had his nose in a book. 177 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,080 Uh-huh. 178 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,080 Had a big collection of those books you could buy in the five-and-dime, 179 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,080 you know, the little thick ones. 180 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,080 Yeah, I kind of know what you mean. 181 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,080 I guess he had just about every one that was ever published. 182 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,080 There was a big thing with the kids in the neighborhood. 183 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,080 Well, Louie had about 100, all different stories. 184 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,080 He built a case for them out in the garage out of apple boxes. 185 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:27,080 I remember that, out in the garage. 186 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,080 Yes, ma'am. 187 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,080 Had a library going, little cards and everything. 188 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,080 Charged the kids two cents to read the book. 189 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,080 Real going business. 190 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,080 Uh-huh. 191 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,080 Oh, he was a funny kid. 192 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,080 Always trying to figure out how to get somebody else to do the work for him. 193 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,080 He'd say that if he had his way, 194 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,080 he'd get what he wanted without really working for it. 195 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,080 I wonder if being in jail made him change, if he still feels like that. 196 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,080 What does that mean? 197 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,080 That he can live the easy way. 198 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:51,080 He's still trying. 199 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:59,080 11 31 a.m. 200 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:03,080 We left the house and continued checking out the friends and relatives of the suspect Louie wrote. 201 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:07,080 According to his book, he'd been arrested for the first time, 202 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:11,080 10 years previously on charges of 459 burglary, five counts. 203 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,080 He'd been sentenced to San Quentin. 204 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,080 He'd been released four years previously. 205 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:19,080 On June 11th, he walked into a bank at the corner of Reservoir and Montana streets 206 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,080 and robbed the place of $1,180. 207 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,080 He'd hit again on June 19th, July 12th, and July 23rd. 208 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,080 In each instance, the victims were shown mug books, 209 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,080 but they were unable to make a positive identification. 210 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:36,080 On July 24th, we talked to a cab driver who had driven the suspect away from the latest holdup. 211 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,080 He was able to give us an identification of the suspect, 212 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,080 but when we checked the area where Rode had left the cab, 213 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:44,080 we were unable to come up with additional information. 214 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,080 The other victims were shown Rode's picture, and all of them made a positive identification. 215 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:53,080 Locals and APBs were gotten out on him, and all places he was known to frequent were checked. 216 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,080 Still, we couldn't take him into custody. 217 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,080 Two days passed while we looked for the suspect. 218 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:04,080 On Friday, July 26th, the bank located on Hollywood Boulevard was held up for $1,800. 219 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,080 The suspect matched the description of Rode. 220 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,080 From one of the people in the vicinity, we got the number of the cab the suspect was supposed to have taken. 221 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:16,080 We got in touch with the traffic manager of the cab company and got the name and stand number of the driver. 222 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,080 9.20 p.m. Frank and I drove out to see him. 223 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:20,080 The car of Hollywood and Loma Linda? 224 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:21,080 That's right. 225 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,080 Bank near there. 226 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:23,080 What time was it supposed to be? 227 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:24,080 The way we got it, about five. 228 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,080 Tonight? 229 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,080 That's right. 230 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,080 I don't recall the guy. Are you sure it was me? 231 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:29,080 Well, we got the number of your cab. 232 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,080 You're pretty busy today. Let me check the way, though. 233 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:32,080 All right. 234 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,080 Let me take a look here. 235 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,080 Yeah, yeah, here it is. Loma and Hollywood. 236 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:40,080 Where'd you drop the fare off? 237 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,080 2,000 block on Sensei. 238 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:43,080 That'd be near Echo Park? 239 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,080 Yeah. 240 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:45,080 Can you tell us anything about the man? 241 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,080 No, like I told you, I've been pretty busy tonight. 242 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:48,080 Well, that's pretty important. 243 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,080 Oh, what kind of things you want to know? 244 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,080 Well, what'd he say to you when he got into the cab? 245 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:53,080 Oh, not much. 246 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,080 Seems to me he just told me to drive right down Sunset and then he'd tell me where to let him out. 247 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:00,080 Was there anything about him that stood out? An accent maybe? Star? Birthmark? Anything like that? 248 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,080 No, it doesn't seem to me that there was. 249 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,080 I could only get a glimpse of him in the rear view mirror. 250 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,080 He was kind of sitting off to one side. Kind of hard to see. 251 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:08,080 You don't remember anything about him, then, huh? 252 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,080 No, nothing had helped. 253 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:11,080 Did you say where he was going? 254 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:15,080 Well, not that I remember. Just told me to drive right down Sunset until he told me to stop. 255 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,080 When he got out of the cab did you see where he went? 256 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:18,080 I didn't notice. 257 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,080 He said something about getting a drink and asked me if I could name a good bar for him. 258 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:22,080 Did you? 259 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,080 I couldn't. I don't know the neighborhood very well. I told him they were all probably pretty good. 260 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,080 Did he seem drunk to you? 261 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,080 Well, he had more than a couple. I can't tell you how many. 262 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,080 You know, some guys can hold more than others without showing it. 263 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:32,080 Yeah. 264 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,080 Well, he was like that. Hard to tell how many he'd lifted. 265 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,080 Uh-huh. 266 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,080 Say, something might help. I just thought of it. 267 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:37,080 You know, what's that? 268 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,080 He had a kind of a mole on his face right by his mouth. 269 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:40,080 On which side do you remember? 270 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,080 Well, let me think now. I was looking at him in the mirror. 271 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,080 It was on his left side. 272 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,080 Mirror shows things on the side that don't... 273 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,080 Yeah, yeah. It'd be on his left side. 274 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,080 Yeah, I always get mixed up like that. You know, you know, when you look in the mirror, 275 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,080 if you got something on the right side of your face, it's on the left side of the mirror. 276 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:55,080 Yeah. 277 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,080 Well, I was looking at him so it'd be on the same side as I saw it. 278 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,080 Yes, there was a left side. 279 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,080 Where was the mole? 280 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,080 Right here. Right by the upper lip. 281 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,080 Not real big so as you'd notice it right off. 282 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,080 Yeah, I forgot about it until just now. 283 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,080 The one he paid the cab bill, what'd he use? 284 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,080 You mean the size bill he gave me? 285 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,080 Yeah. 286 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,080 A 20. I think I got it right here. 287 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,080 Real new. 288 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,080 Yeah, yeah, here it is. He had a whole fistful of those. 289 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,080 Just like this. All brand new. 290 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,080 I asked him if he was going on a trip. You know, people draw a lot of money out when they're gonna take a trip. 291 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,080 I figured maybe that's what he was gonna do. 292 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,080 What'd he say? 293 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,080 Well, he said he wasn't. He said he just made a withdrawal from the bank, but he said he wasn't going away. 294 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,080 Well, he's wrong there. 295 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:31,080 Huh? 296 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,080 As soon as we find him, he is. 297 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:45,080 The cab driver identified Roach's mugshot, and at 10.08 p.m., Frank and I drove over to the 2000 block on Sunset Boulevard. 298 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,080 We checked at several bars, but we were unable to find the suspect. 299 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:53,080 One of the bartenders said he thought that a man answering Roach's description might have been in, but he couldn't be sure. 300 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:59,080 In each of the places, we left our card, and we asked the owner or the bartender to notify us if the suspect should come in. 301 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,080 12.26 a.m., Frank and I checked back into the office. 302 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,080 You want to check the book, I'll sign us out. 303 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:05,080 All right. 304 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,080 Anything? 305 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,080 Yeah. 306 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,080 We got a message here from Fay. 307 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:12,080 Yeah? 308 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:16,080 She wants you to stop by the drugstore and pick up a refill prescription for the baby. 309 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,080 Oh, it says she's already called him. You just have to pick it up. 310 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:20,080 Oh. 311 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,080 Well, that blows the coffee. 312 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,080 Well, I ought to get home anyway. I'd like to get a good night's sleep. 313 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:25,080 All right. See you in the morning, old buddy. 314 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:26,080 All right. 315 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:27,080 You gonna have breakfast at home? 316 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:31,080 I don't know. Say it was up half the night with the kids. Might be better if I let her sleep. 317 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,080 Well, why don't you meet me at that dairy place? 318 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,080 Good deal. About seven, huh? 319 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,080 That'll be fine with me. 320 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,080 All right. 321 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,080 You go on ahead. I'll get the lights, sir. 322 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,080 Hold on. I'll get it. 323 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:45,080 Robbery Friday. 324 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,080 Yes, sir? 325 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:48,080 No, sir. We're the ones. 326 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,080 How long ago was that? 327 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:52,080 I see. 328 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,080 Right away. 329 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,080 What do you got? 330 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:55,080 Bar out on Sunset. 331 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:56,080 Yeah? 332 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,080 There were two suspects there now tearing the place up. 333 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,080 We left the city hall and we drove over to the bar on Sunset Boulevard. 334 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,080 By the time we'd gotten there, a police unit had arrived and the disturbance was under control. 335 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:18,080 The suspect had left the scene and the broadcast was put out to all cars in the area carrying his description and the description of the clothing he was wearing. 336 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:24,080 When we walked into the bar, the bartender was sitting at one of the tables in the back of the place holding a stake to his left eye. 337 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,080 The place itself was a mess. Bar stools were scattered over the floor. Tables were upended. 338 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:33,080 The back bar was smashed and the mirror that ran along the length of the bar itself was broken. 339 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:37,080 Frank and I checked with the officers from the unit and then we went back to talk to the bartender. 340 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,080 Why don't you guys tell me about him? 341 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:41,080 Sir? 342 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,080 Why don't you tell me who he was? I didn't know. Look at this place. Look what he did. 343 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,080 What started the fight? 344 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,080 I don't know. 345 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:47,080 Did you recognize him when he came in? 346 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,080 No, right off. He sat down, ordered a drink. Next thing I know, the place is coming down around me. 347 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,080 When did you know he was the man we were looking for? 348 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,080 After he bellowed the fellow next to him. That's when I knew. 349 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,080 He called you right away. He should have told me he was rough. He should have told me. 350 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,080 We told you not to try to take him yourself. 351 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,080 But you didn't make a point of it. I just thought it was something you told everybody. 352 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,080 Can you tell us what he said when he came in? 353 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,080 We were having a nice night. Pretty good business. Sitting there watching the fights on the television. 354 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,080 Nice and quiet. Poring good. Looked like a good night for the till. 355 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,080 Yeah. 356 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,080 Door swings open and in comes this guy. I didn't pay any attention to him. Walked over and sat at the bar. 357 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,080 Right there in the middle. Sat at the bar. 358 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:21,080 Mm-hmm. 359 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,080 Ordered a highball. You had a couple. I should have known right then. 360 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:28,080 Had been in this business any time at all. You should be able to spot the ones here like they caused trouble. 361 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,080 What'd he ask for in the drink? 362 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:34,080 Bourbon and ginger. I mixed it, collected for it, and then went back to watching the fight. 363 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,080 Had a little bet on it. Always take the white corner with one of the regulars. You know, a couple of bucks. 364 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:39,080 Mm-hmm. 365 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:43,080 I'm standing there watching the fight. All of a sudden there's one going on in the room. 366 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,080 This new guy and the fellow next to him. Going at it hot and heavy. 367 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,080 Fine. Go on. 368 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,080 This do any good, you know? 369 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:50,080 What's that? 370 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,080 Hole in a stake on a black eye. Supposed to take swelling down. 371 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,080 I wouldn't know, sir. 372 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,080 Sure hope so. Guy laid a bottle on my cheek. Feels like he broke something. 373 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,080 You want us to call a doctor for you? 374 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,080 No, I'll check one later. Other cops ask me the same thing. I'm all right. 375 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,080 Sir, would you like to go ahead with the story, please? 376 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:09,080 Not much more to tell. Place just seemed to explode. I jumped over the bar. I got a billy club in the back. 377 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,080 Grabbed that and jumped over the bar and tried to get the two guys apart. 378 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,080 They were throwing everything they could lay their hands on at each other. Well, look at the place. 379 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:20,080 You bet if I just put a lock on the door and open up someplace else, it'd be easier. 380 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,080 Just to be sure, would you take a look at these? 381 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,080 Just the man who caused the fight. 382 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,080 Wait a minute. I can't see them good. 383 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,080 Yeah, that's him. 384 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,080 You're pretty sure, are you? 385 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,080 Yeah, Louis Routh. That's the fellow. 386 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,080 This afternoon when we talked to you, you said you didn't know him. 387 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,080 I didn't make much of an impression then. When I saw him in person, I remembered. 388 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,080 Well, he was in here earlier then. 389 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:40,080 Yeah, same guy. 390 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,080 Did you hear him say anything at all that might help us find him? 391 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,080 No, but you ought to talk to the guy you had the fight with. 392 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,080 Yeah? He went to school with Routh. 393 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,080 We got the name of the man the suspect had the fight with. 394 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,080 We drove over to his home and talked to him. 395 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,080 He explained that he'd been enrolled in a night class with Routh. 396 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:04,080 We went on to say that they'd met at school when both of them were studying criminology at one of the colleges in the area. 397 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:09,080 We got what information we could about Routh, and then Frank and I went back to the office. 398 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:14,080 We tried to contact the school, but we were not able to reach anyone who could check the registration records for us. 399 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:21,080 The next morning we called the head registrar and asked her to check the records in the college night extension courses for a Louis Routh. 400 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,080 Thirty minutes later she called back with the suspect's address. 401 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:29,080 Frank and I left the office and drove out to the place, a two-story boarding house out on Adams Boulevard. 402 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,080 Routh had moved, but he'd left a forwarding address. 403 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,080 We drove over there and found that he was still registered. 404 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,080 We got the number of the room and we went upstairs. 405 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,080 Frank stood on one side of the door while I took the other. 406 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,080 Just a minute. 407 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:47,080 Yeah? 408 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:48,080 You Louis Routh? 409 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,080 Yeah, what do you want? 410 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,080 Police officers, you're under arrest. 411 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,080 For what? 412 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,080 Spishing the robbery. 413 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,080 How'd you get to me? 414 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,080 We did. 415 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,080 Can I get a coat? 416 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,080 No, you tell us where it is. We'll get it for you. 417 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,080 Closet over there. 418 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,080 I'll get it. 419 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:07,080 There's a bottle of aspirin in the pocket there. Make sure you don't drop it. 420 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,080 Hangover I got, I'm gonna need something. 421 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,080 Yeah. 422 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:13,080 I don't think I ever have a headache like this one. 423 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:14,080 Terrible. 424 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:15,080 You better get used to it. 425 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:16,080 Huh? 426 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,080 They're gonna get worse. 427 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:25,080 Her show up was arranged and all of the victims of the holdups were present. 428 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:29,080 They all gave positive identifications of Louis Routh as the man who'd held them up. 429 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:33,080 A complaint was issued by the district attorney's office and on the following Friday, August 2nd, 430 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,080 a preliminary hearing was held in Division 34 of municipal court. 431 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,080 Routh was bound over for the charges filed against him. 432 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:46,080 September 2nd at 10 a.m., the suspect fled guilty to robbery in the first degree, two counts. 433 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,080 Routh asked for immediate sentence and the judge complied with the request. 434 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,080 He was sent to San Quentin where he went through the clinic. 435 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:57,080 On recommendation of the authorities at the prison, the board ordered him sent to the penitentiary at Chino, California. 436 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:02,080 Seven months had passed since his arrest and from what we heard, Routh was a model prisoner. 437 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,080 During that time, we cleaned up a string of loan company holdups 438 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:09,080 and Frank's children had gone through the chickenpox and several types of virus. 439 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:14,080 On Sunday, February 23rd, Frank and I were in the office trying to catch up on the detail work. 440 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,080 You got the L.A. number on Lawrence Pichetti? 441 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:19,080 Yeah. 442 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:20,080 Wait a minute. 443 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,080 Here they are. 444 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,080 168947. 445 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,080 Six, eight, nine, four, seven. 446 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,080 You sure mean what you say. 447 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,080 Yeah. 448 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,080 Terrible what he did to that kid. 449 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:33,080 Oh, man. 450 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,080 Robbery Friday? 451 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,080 Yeah, Savage. 452 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,080 Mm-hmm. 453 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,080 When did it happen? 454 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,080 Well, you know how he did it? 455 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,080 All right, we'll check in on it right away. 456 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,080 No, no. Send it down, will you? 457 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:49,080 Right. 458 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:50,080 Bye. 459 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,080 Teletype in from Chino. 460 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,080 Yeah? 461 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,080 Roach just broke out of jail. 462 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,080 An immediate watch was put out on all the places Roach was known to frequent. 463 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:07,080 All officers in the field were supplied with descriptions and pictures of the suspect. 464 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,080 From the story as we got it from the prison officials, 465 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,080 we were able to piece together the method of Roach's escape. 466 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,080 Several months before he'd started on the bank robberies, 467 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,080 he'd gotten work as a day laborer up at Chino. 468 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:23,080 He managed to bury a gun and several hundred dollars in a watertight container in the prison grounds. 469 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,080 On his arrival at the prison, he'd waited for the right moment, 470 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,080 and then he dug up the weapon and the money and made a break. 471 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,080 He picked Sunday, a day when the prison grounds were crowded with visitors. 472 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,080 Fortunately, there had been no one hurt when Roach had escaped. 473 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,080 However, we knew he was armed and was to be considered dangerous. 474 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:43,080 Two days after his escape, a man answering his description held up a grocery store. 475 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,080 From the clerk, we obtained a positive identification of Roach. 476 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,080 The next day, he hit again. 477 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:52,080 This time, he beat one of the clerks in the store when the man refused to open the cash register. 478 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:56,080 Additional information was forwarded to all law enforcement agencies throughout the area. 479 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,080 Roach's picture was carried on the police television show, 480 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:03,080 and the daily newspapers cooperated and carried his likeness and description. 481 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,080 Calls began to come into the complaint board from people who thought they'd seen the suspect. 482 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:12,080 In each instance, the information was checked out and several of the reports appeared authentic. 483 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:18,080 On Wednesday, March 4th, we got a call from Calvin Niles, the bartender who'd given us the original information on Roach. 484 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,080 Frank and I drove out to see him. 485 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,080 I tried to hold him here, tried my darnest, but he wouldn't go for it. 486 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:24,080 Did you talk to him at all? 487 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,080 Yeah, I had a couple of words. 488 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:27,080 What about? 489 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,080 Mainly about the fight he had before he got him. 490 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,080 You know, when he broke up the place? 491 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,080 Talked about that, he said he was sorry about it, told me the other fella caused it. 492 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,080 Said he'd like to be able to pay for it, but he didn't have the money. 493 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,080 I thought he was going to hit me up for a loan. 494 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,080 The way he acted, I thought sure he wanted to make a touch. 495 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,080 Did you see anything at all about where he was staying? 496 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,080 No word. 497 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:45,080 Didn't give you any indication at all? 498 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:46,080 Nope. 499 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,080 Was he driving a car? 500 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:48,080 Nothing I could see. 501 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:53,080 When he walked out, I went over to the door to see if I could spot anything, but by the time I got out from behind the bar, he disappeared. 502 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:54,080 Was there a cab stand around here? 503 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,080 A couple of blocks up the street. 504 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,080 Think he might have taken a taxi? 505 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,080 We'll check it. 506 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,080 I don't think he could have gotten that far on the time it took me to get to the door. 507 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,080 I can see that far and I didn't see him. 508 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,080 I don't think he took a taxi. 509 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:06,080 Did he come in alone? 510 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:10,080 As far as I could tell, he came in, sat down, ordered a highball, drank it up and left. 511 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,080 I don't think he was here more than five minutes also. 512 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,080 But you're pretty sure there wasn't anybody with him, are you? 513 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,080 Yeah, I had been. I'd have seen him. 514 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,080 Did he look like he was going to meet anybody here? 515 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:18,080 Not especially. 516 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,080 Did he give you any reason for coming in? 517 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,080 Not right out, he didn't. 518 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,080 How do you mean? 519 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,080 Lucky I did it now, I guess. I didn't plan it that way. 520 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,080 What's that? 521 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,080 I told you, I thought he wanted to make a touch. 522 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:32,080 I told him I'd just taken the money to the bank, dropped it in the night depository, said I'd cleaned the place out. 523 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:33,080 He left right after that? 524 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,080 Yeah, finished up his drink and walked out. 525 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,080 Sure got a lot of nerve, you ask me. 526 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:38,080 What do you mean? 527 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,080 He comes in the place once, breaks it up, then comes back to try to hold it up. 528 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,080 Well, you're not sure about that, are you? 529 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,080 As far as I'm concerned, that's what he came in for. 530 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,080 Can you give us a description of what he was wearing? 531 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:51,080 Uh, plain blue suit, looked like it was gabardine, two button. 532 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:52,080 How about a hat? 533 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:56,080 No, he wasn't wearing one. He had on a white shirt, black knit tie, you know, the narrow kind. 534 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:01,080 One of those little stick pins shaped like a little ladybug. You know the kind I mean? 535 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,080 Yeah, sir. 536 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:03,080 One of those. 537 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,080 All right, Mr. Niles, if any more comes up, we'd appreciate a call from him. 538 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,080 You've got it. I'll tell you one thing, Sergeant. 539 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,080 What's that? 540 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,080 After that fight, I did just about everything I could to help business, help pay for the damage. 541 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:12,080 Yeah, sir. 542 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,080 This is one customer I want to lose. 543 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:21,080 For the next two days, the search for the suspect went on. 544 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,080 Roaming houses where he might have been staying were checked. 545 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,080 Friends and relatives were interrogated. 546 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,080 Al Gaiten, down in San Diego, was notified, and he alerted the authorities at the border 547 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,080 in the event Rowe tried to escape into Mexico. 548 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:36,080 In the meantime, a rolling stakeout was set up in the area where the thief had been hitting. 549 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,080 Two more days passed without activity. 550 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:43,080 On Monday, March 9th, Frank and I were in Unit 1K80, cruising on West Pico. 551 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,080 Sure is a quiet night. 552 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,080 Yeah. 553 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,080 I'll be glad when it's over. I'll get home and hit the sack. 554 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,080 How you coming with the books? 555 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,080 Huh? 556 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:51,080 Oh, you mean for the Sergeant exam? 557 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:52,080 Yeah. 558 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,080 Oh, pretty good. 559 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:58,080 All units, attention. All units, a 211 has just occurred at the grocery store 560 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,080 at the corner of Pico Boulevard and Ottawa Street. 561 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,080 Unit 1R13 handled the call, code 3. 562 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:04,080 Better hit it. 563 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:05,080 Yeah. 564 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:10,080 All units, attention. All units, a 211 has just occurred at the grocery store 565 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,080 at the corner of Pico Boulevard and Ottawa Street. 566 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:17,080 Unit 1R13 handled the call, code 3. 567 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,080 1K80 to Control 1. 568 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,080 Control 1 to 1K80, go ahead. 569 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,080 Code 6 to Pico Boulevard and Ottawa Street. 570 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:34,080 Control 1 to 1K80, Roger, KMA 367. 571 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:41,080 Attention all units, attention all units, be on the lookout for the following described suspect 572 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,080 wounded in connection with 211 at grocery store at Pico Boulevard and Ottawa Street. 573 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:55,080 Suspect described as WMA 40 or 50 years, size C8 and 1 1 1 1, 150 to 155, medium belt, gray hair. 574 00:21:55,080 --> 00:22:01,080 Suspect is wearing a dark blue suit, snow-packed white shirt, black tie and black shoes. 575 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:05,080 Suspect has a mole on the left side of his face just above the mouth. 576 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,080 He is carrying a large blue steel revolver, western type. 577 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:14,360 Suspect believed to be driving a 1952 crack 578 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:17,080 sedan, dark in color, license number unknown. 579 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,080 The vehicle has a damaged lift rear fender, use caution. 580 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,080 Suspect is considered dangerous, KMA 367. 581 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:22,080 Sounds like roast, doesn't it? 582 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,080 Yeah. 583 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,080 Hang on. 584 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,080 Here at Pico, the car that just passed us. 585 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,080 Yeah. 586 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,080 Dark Chrysler sedan, damaged left fender. 587 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:32,080 You better check it. 588 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:33,080 Right. 589 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:34,080 Hold it. 590 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,080 It's taken off, you better lean on it. 591 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,080 It doesn't look like it's gonna stop. 592 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,080 Watch it, Frank, the street car. 593 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:47,080 Is it a close one? 594 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,080 As long as they don't come any closer, huh? 595 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:50,080 You see him? 596 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:51,080 Yeah, up ahead. 597 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,080 You gonna try a shot at him? 598 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,080 No, we can't, there's too many people around. 599 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,080 We're pulling up. 600 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,080 All right, hold it steady. 601 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,080 Pull over, police officers. 602 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,080 He doesn't act like he hears you. 603 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,080 It's rolled all right. 604 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,080 Yeah. 605 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,080 Try to cut him off. 606 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,080 All right, come on, ropes, pull over. 607 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,080 All right, cut him off. 608 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,080 All right, hang on. 609 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:17,080 Come on, pull up, let's go. 610 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,080 You really plowed into that lamppost. 611 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,080 Yeah. 612 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,080 All right, come on, out of the car. 613 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,080 All right, getting out. 614 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,080 Getting out? 615 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,080 I see I've got my hands up in the air. 616 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:31,080 Throwing like you'd like. 617 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,080 All right, come on, move it. 618 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,080 Come on, put your hands on the car here. 619 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,080 Lean on it. 620 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,080 I'll check it. 621 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:40,080 Here's the gun, Joe. 622 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:41,080 All right. 623 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,080 Come on, Ruff, get your hands behind you. 624 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:44,080 Yeah. 625 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,080 All right, let's go. 626 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,080 I'm about my car. 627 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:48,080 We'll take care of it. 628 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,080 You're not going to just leave it there, are you? 629 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,080 I wouldn't worry about it. 630 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,080 Huh? 631 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,080 You're not going to be driving it for a while. 632 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,080 Louis Albert Roach was tried and convicted of robbery in the first degree, 633 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:08,080 four counts, and violation of Section 4530 PC escape. 634 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,080 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment 635 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,080 in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less than five years. 636 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,080 Escape from a state prison is punishable by imprisonment 637 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,080 for a period of not less than one year. 638 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,080 Said second term of imprisonment to commence from the time 639 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,080 the prisoner would otherwise have been discharged from said prison. 640 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:31,080 You have just heard Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action, 641 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:45,080 and starring Jack Webb, a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 642 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,080 The U.S. Department of State 643 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,080 The United States Army 644 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:15,080 The United States Army 645 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:23,080 The United States Army 646 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:30,080 The United States Army