Posted on 01/07/2010 7:57:50 PM PST by MplsSteve
Minneapolis police officer Timothy Edward Carson's shift on Wednesday started at 9 a.m. But he wasn't there.
By the time he told a supervisor he was running late at 9:30, the FBI says, Carson had robbed an Apple Valley bank and was well on his way to getting caught.
Carson, 28, was arrested early Thursday and appeared in federal court Thursday afternoon, charged with bank robbery. More criminal charges are expected to follow; police sources familiar with the investigation say he could be connected to at least a dozen robberies in the metro area over the past two weeks.
"The bottom line with police work is ethics and trust and respect. He blew every one of them," said Lt. John Delmonico, president of the Minneapolis Police Federation, of which Carson is a member. "Good luck to him in jail."
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"The bottom line with police work is ethics and trust and respect. He blew every one of them," said Lt. John Delmonico, president of the Minneapolis Police Federation, of which Carson is a member. "Good luck to him in jail."
Bu-Bye. So glad you were on the Force. NOT.
What else can one say?
The other officers also were suspicious when he would yell, “this is a stick up”, whenever he told felon to put their hands in the air. Another thing that had them worried is he kept looking in the mirror and muttering, “you’ll never catch me you dirty copper”.
One of those “You Gotta Be Shi!!in Me” moments.
Thin Blue Line.
It would be interesting to see what the rest of the story was.
What’s going on up there in Minnesnowta, Big Steve? First you got comedians stealing elections and now cops are robbing banks? Jeeze, next thing you know, you guys’ll be electing a pro wrestler as Governor ;-)
Explains why this guy was so good. He wouldn’t of been caught if that first officer never pulled him over for a missing front plate.
“More people are turning to crime because of the poor economy.”
Or something like that. :)
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