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Saturday, July 26, 2008

EPISODE #2036 - 8/7 cENTRAL

Deputy Keith Stokes of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office stops a vehicle for running a stop sign. The passenger steps out of the car and begins to run away from the traffic stop. The deputy chases the suspect through several yards before the suspect trips and falls and is taken into custody. A quick search of the area where the deputy spotted the man toss and object reveals crack and pills concealed in a cigarette box. The car is gone when the deputy walks back to the scene. When Deputy Stokes confronts the man about the drugs he found, but the man states that he was not in possession of the drugs. The man asks for his ringing phone, but the deputy explains that he cannot answer it. The suspect tells the deputy that he wants to go to court to fight the charges. Deputy Stokes explains the additional charges on the man in addition to the drug possession. The suspect is further interviewed and the man claims that the driver gave him the drugs and asked him to run because his friend is in a bad situation at home and didn’t want his good friend to suffer for the drugs.

 

Sgt. Jim Kurkoske of the Rialto Police Department stops a vehicle that has been seen driving around a bad neighborhood at least four times. The driver states upon contact that he drank a beer at a bar earlier in the evening. Kurkoske decides to search the vehicle after it becomes obvious that the man has had a drink or two. Communications radios back that the man has a warrant for his arrest as well. The search reveals a backpack full of marijuana. Sgt. Kurkoske explains that because of the way the dope is packaged, he can conclude the man was selling. He also locates a notebook with weights denoted that are commonly used in weighing marijuana. The driver claims that a person he knows placed the backpack in his vehicle. The man quickly changes his story and admits that he is indeed the owner of the drugs and has been selling the dope to make ends meet.

 

Deputy Heath Noyes of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department/Jurupa Valley Station responds to a attempted suicide call. The suspect is seated in a truck and is armed with a knife and has threatened to kill himself. The deputies give him commands to exit the truck and as he is being cuffed he turns away from the deputy at which time the deputies make him go to the ground. The man doesn’t resist and is eventually cuffed. The man states he wasn’t going to hurt himself and was just looking for attention. The witnesses on scene explain that the large man walked to the truck with the knife and began banging on the dashboard. The two men decided to contact authorities before the suspect could harm himself. The deputies thank the men for their quick thinking and tell the suspect that they will make sure he get help to deal with his depression.

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EPISODE #2012 - 8:30/7:30 Central

Officer Branden Clarkson of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is dispatched to a strong arm robbery call. The officer spots a male that fits the description of the suspect in the case and ‘prones out’ the man at gunpoint. Near where the man was spotted in the bushes is a pile of credit cards, a cell phone and an identification card belonging to the female victim. A security guard states that the female victim told him she was robbed at gunpoint by the male suspect and the guard attempted to stop and question the man, who fled on foot. During the foot chase, the suspect fired a single shot at close range towards the security guard. The female victim explains that the man pointed his gun at her and stole her purse.

 

Deputy Juan Vargas, Jr. of the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is dispatched to assist in the apprehension of a suspect wanted in connection with a shoplifting incident at a local store. The man is quickly located and is detained until a witness from the store can be brought to the scene to identify him. When the loss prevention worker positively IDs the male, he is arrested for shoplifting several DVDs. The man begs not to be taken to jail and offers to buy the DVDs.

 

Officers Michael Sartain and Conrad Stumpenhaus patrol Kansas City, Missouri and talk about some of the misconceptions of law enforcement officers and how they do their jobs. Sartain explains that they are going to swing by a known dope house to see if there is any new activity. The immediately spot a man that they know seated behind the wheel of a car talking to another male. The man gets out of the car and heads for the home but is detained. The other male drops a baggie of what is later determined to be meth. The suspect seen behind the wheel of the vehicle doesn’t have license and will be arrested for that charge. The vehicle and the plate don’t match up so the vehicle will be towed. The male suspect that dropped the meth is charged with possession. The other suspect becomes belligerent and complains loudly while being taken to the paddy wagon and starts yelling for a lawyer and a bondsman.

 

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