[al_c]

Papenfus' wife, Tracie, said she hasn't seen her husband since his arrest on June 27, when he was lured to a Fostoria, Ohio, police station with a false story about being suspected in a tavern fight there. Charles Papenfus, a self-employed mechanic who sometimes works on the department's police cruisers, dropped by the station to clear his name, she said.

Huh?! Wouldn't that be considered entrapment?

[kenth]

Yeah, it doesn’t make any sense.

[thefactor]

no. that has nothing do to with entrapment.

do not believe hollywood. cops can lie in order to get someone to come in.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Wouldn't that be considered entrapment?"

Although state laws will vary, police have pretty wide latitude in these sorts of things. Typically entrapment is when the police prompt somebody to take or initiate criminal activity they would not otherwise engage in. For example, having female police officers pose as prostitutes is generally not considered entrapment because there is a presumption that the john was initiating the criminal transaction. The police can use subterfuge to get criminals to go somewhere they can be easily apprehended. About once a year, the US Marshals will send out tickets to a play off game, concert, etc. to known fugitives and essentially gather them into one place (at least the ones stupid enough to show up).