Posted on 03/07/2018 5:36:45 PM PST by BenLurkin
In one case, which took place Monday, the 14-year-old boy was allegedly driving an SUV with flashing red and blue emergency lights mounted on the inside of the front windshield when he pulled into a driveway in the 13600 block of Mica Avenue in Victorville, according to a news release from the Victorville Police Department.
The white Ford Explorer had no law enforcement or other type of markers to identify it as a patrol vehicle beyond the emergency lights, nor were there any license plates.
After exiting the parked SUV, the teen went to the front door and made contact with the residents, telling them he was there to investigate a report of a domestic disturbance. The juvenile was dressed in a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department uniform, complete with a belt holster that contained a firearm, authorities said.
The homeowner responded that no one in the residence had placed the call and closed the door. The teen tried to open it, but it was locked.
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Wow.
Holy Crap! Like we need more reasons to be suspicious of the cops.
This boy needs the lash!
He was just fishing for an easy victim.
This whole story is disturbing on so many levels
In an earlier life I worked for a “Youth Center” in Missouri. By Youth Center, I mean juvenile prison. By far the most interesting case was a kid whose only crimes (and they were many) involved Greyhound buses. When he was 10 or so, he’d sneak aboard and hitch rides. But at 15 he started stealing the buses. He’d even pick up passengers. He made his own Greyhound uniform and in one case he was even able to convince a Highway Patrolman that yes he knew about the tail light being out and he was on his way to get it repaired. He’d drive the buses until he ran out of fuel.
He didn’t do this once, but many times. Nor just in Missouri, but in California, Arizona, and New Mexico as well. Our ‘counselor’ suggested he try and get a job with Greyhound and sent them a letter to that effect. Their reply, keep him away form our buses!
Shoot. You beat me by 2 1/2 minutes. :’(
Sad story. The kid was made to be a Greyhound driver. He’d probably be their number one driver within a year. Real shame.
how did he get (bus)ted?
Last I heard of him, he was in the Army and had stolen a Greyhound bus and driven through Arizona into New Mexico. At this point he was an adult and probably had to do time. I always thought a psychologist should write a book about him. He just liked Greyhound buses. He wouldn’t even look at a Trailways.
A dollar to a donut the kid becomes a career cop. Bank on it.
Was he by chance an orphan who’d been born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus,
An interesting kid, to say the least.
One time, after we had released him, he made his way to L.A. where he stole a bus and drove it into Arizona. Rather than prosecute him, L.A. sent him back to us. They flew him out. He then started drawing pictures of airplanes and airport terminals. That was a little off-putting.
As a state facility, we’d sometimes get visited by state representatives and senators—usually the freshmen. Anyway they show up in a chartered bus. We just knew he’d steal it, but luckily it was a Trailways, and he didn’t even look twice at it.
And where are the parents?
They’re both serving 30 days for sending him to bed early without his supper.
This sure sounds like a “Catch Me If You Can,” scenario.
Short story 1977 or 8 March issue Playboy “the Jail”. By Jesse Hill Ford
Won a Hugo award best mystery short story for that year.
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