They Caught Him in the Weirdest Way

He literally would have continued living his life as a fugitive if he just had a rear reflector

Him going full "mask off" at the end is exactly why they play buddy buddy with criminals, completely lowers their guards.

The cop's determination to get his identity/SSN could mean they've gotten a tip or something like that about who this guy is. This is the "proving it" stage.

I more caught off guard that his original sentence was only 9 years considering the severity of his crime. 9 years for r***ing a child and leaving them for dead? Kind of a sick joke honestly.

Remeber kids: don't break the law in the process of breaking the law. He was already a fugitive, he should've been following every law, even minute ones like "rear reflector"

This is like that one anime villain that had a perfectly made plan for over 50 years and finally puts it into action, only to fail because he slipped on a banana peel and hit his head lol

Body cams go off, guns come out. “Tell us the truth buster”

After finding out what he did, he’s sick I am glad they caught him

What a weird way to catch a serious felon for a lame reason

I just looked up this guy's story. He went to prison for r@ping children. When he was released on parole, none of the towns in his area wanted him to stay at their halfway houses. People were protesting. I read one victim's story. It was a girl who he had his way with, then used her pantyhose to tie her to a tree. He left her to die. Thankfully she survived. Edit: The most concise paragraph that I found on what finally put him in prison: On May 21, 1983 he kidnapped a woman in Minnesota, r@ped her repeatedly while keeping her captive in the trunk of her car, then left her unclothed and tied to a tree in Chippewa Falls. That's from the Leader-Telegram in 2003 in an article about starting the SO registry. According to other stories he victimized kids and escaped from halfway houses 3 times in the year he was released.

2:45 this is called a pre-text stop. They stop you for a petty vehicle code or municipal code violation because they want to start an investigation of a suspicious individual. They have no intention of citing you and it has nothing to do with a quota. I used to be a cop and this is pretty normal way to create a lawful detention. 6:40 when people are refusing to identify themselves or acting shady, one of the most common reasons is because they know they have outstanding warrants. Also "as far as I know I don't" is a classic "Yeah I probably have a warrant" answer. Also, a transient individual is typically going to have multiple police interactions. The fact that it's all shoulder-shruggy "i dunno why my socials arent working?!?!" is super shady because other cops would have ran into the same issue before.

lol. I love how "Gregory" hold his head at just weird enough of an angle to try to through off any facial rec, but not weird enough for the cop to say something about it.

“They usually hit you from behind” optimal quote by him in this situation.

Being buddy buddy with the person being detained allows them to speak. It creates an environment where they feel comfortable to talk about the crime and maybe create a trust so they spill the beans.

This is like Hank needing to take a shit and accidently stumbling upon the identity of Heisenberg.

I like that they were ‘nice’ to him. It defuses the situation and makes it more likely that he volunteers more info. They did their job and they caught the bastard. No need for aggression here.

I think the reason for the cigarettes is because they know the seriousness of the situation, but they don’t want him to know the seriousness. They want him to give as many details that could potentially link him to more recent and actionable cases under the guise of being pals.

Police officers should not have the ability to turn off their bodycam. Once the clock in, the cam should automatically turn on and it doesn't turn off until they clock out.

So apparently Charlie hasnt seen how investigators build up a rapport with a criminal to get them to talk and spill the beans.

It’s crazy how he managed to escape and stay hidden for 30 years.