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Great Moments in Police Work (Texas City officer picked up in vice squad sting operation)
Houston Press ^
| Article Published Apr 13, 2006
| Richard Connelly
Posted on 04/13/2006 1:10:05 PM PDT by weegee
Great Moments in Police Work
Officers of the Texas City Police Department were conducting a prostitution sting April 4. Things were going well -- eventually six hookers were arrested, no doubt the first step toward forever eradicating the problem of prostitution on the Gulf Coast.
Around midnight, according to police, the officers observed a Texas City PD patrol car pull up to one of the women posing as a working girl. TCPD officer Lee Marshall, a two-year veteran of the force, was later charged with the class B misdemeanor of solicitation of prostitution.
The department is not talking about the incident, beyond the bare bones contained in the arrest report and brief statements Chief Robert Burby made to The Galveston County Daily News.
If only they would answer questions; there are so many. First -- and it's not really a question, but -- He pulled up in a patrol car? Ballsy. (Burby did tell Hair Balls that Marshall was off-duty at the time.)
More important: Although Burby wouldn't confirm it, the arrest info indicates this was a sting run by TCPD. The department's Web site lists about 25 officers. A group shot on the home page shows very few are women. Didn't Marshall recognize his fellow officer? We guess a skanky wig and a miniskirt go a long way.
That must have been one embarrassing moment when the sting was pulled: "Umm, Lee? I work a couple of desks down from you. You're under arrest."
Marshall, who could not be contacted, has been suspended with pay.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: badcops; donutwatch; houston; leo; libertarians; police; prostitution; sexcrime; texas; texascity; vicesquad
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posted on
04/13/2006 1:10:10 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: weegee
"We guess a skanky wig and a miniskirt go a long way."
Calling Cindy Sheehan, please pick up. Your order is ready.
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posted on
04/13/2006 1:12:37 PM PDT
by
synbad600
To: weegee
There's something more to this than meets the eye. Since when do cops rat out other cops?
3
posted on
04/13/2006 1:14:54 PM PDT
by
misterrob
(Teach a Liberal to think for himself and he'll vote Conservative for the rest of his life.)
To: weegee
Prostitution is still a Crime?
Across the Detroit River in Windsor Ontario its taxed and regulated.
4
posted on
04/13/2006 1:16:26 PM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(If you build it, they won't come...)
To: weegee
"The department is not talking about the incident, beyond the bare bones contained in the arrest report " Isn't that called public indecency?
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posted on
04/13/2006 1:18:04 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
To: misterrob
Him pulling up in a marked patrol car probably shows that he is an arraogant ass and is most likely a pain in everyone's ass.
To: cajun-jack
Him pulling up in a marked patrol car probably shows that he is an arraogant ass and is most likely a pain in everyone's ass.
Or it shows he is just one stupid and dumb excuse of a person...
Either way, I would not want him patrolling my neighborhood!
To: weegee
I'm sure he was just asking for directions . . .
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posted on
04/13/2006 1:30:32 PM PDT
by
ConservativeBamaFan
(Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than Dick Cheney's quail gun.)
To: Mikey_1962
Those darn Canadiens taking money from Kwame's wallet!
9
posted on
04/13/2006 1:37:18 PM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: weegee
The department's Web site lists about 25 officersWas Officer Lee the only one that wasn't aware of the sting operation? Maybe he didn't get the memo.
10
posted on
04/13/2006 1:41:12 PM PDT
by
Flyer
(Preserve American Culture)
To: ConservativeBamaFan
I'm sure he was just asking for directions . . . If he can't find it by now no amount of directions are going to help.
11
posted on
04/13/2006 1:46:18 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(I like to make everyone's day a little more surreal)
To: weegee
Marshall, who could not be contacted, has been suspended with pay.My biggest gripe with these situations, is to keep paying the perp, though he should be discharged immediately...
12
posted on
04/13/2006 1:53:54 PM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: weegee; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; tiamat; ...
o/~ Dumb cops, dumb cops,
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do
With a low IQ...? o/~
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posted on
04/13/2006 1:57:05 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(When Al Franken had his bris, they threw away the baby and saved the foreskin.)
To: weegee
Things were going well -- eventually six hookers were arrested, no doubt the first step toward forever eradicating the problem of prostitution on the Gulf Coast. and that dripping I hear would be... yeah, thought so: justifiable sarcasm.
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posted on
04/13/2006 2:07:33 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(The UN 1967 Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT.)
To: ConservativeBamaFan
That's the most suspicious part of all - guys never, but never, ask for directions!
To: weegee; albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; Americanwolfsbrother; AlexandriaDuke; Americanwolf; ...
Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.
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posted on
04/13/2006 3:52:17 PM PDT
by
traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/israel_palestine_conflict.htm)
To: TexanByBirth
In a department that small and his co-workers arrested him, trust me, he is an asshole to the nth degree!!
To: traviskicks
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posted on
04/13/2006 4:37:10 PM PDT
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: weegee
Marshall, who could not be contacted, has been suspended with pay. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I need to read through my employment contract to see if I still get paid while sitting in the slammer.
Of course I heard that Bill Clinton fired off a couple of loads in the oval office. So what's wrong with other gov. officials enjoying fringe benefits?
What's more likely for me is "your license plate light is out - so - I need to search your car - for officer safety - ya know".
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posted on
04/13/2006 5:11:56 PM PDT
by
winston2
(In matters of necessity let there be unity, in matters of doubt liberty, and in all things charity:)
To: weegee
Marshall, who could not be contacted, has been suspended with pay
For this they gave him a paid vacation?
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posted on
04/13/2006 6:15:05 PM PDT
by
bobwilgo
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