Dragnet: The Big Make
Dragnet · September 14, 1950 · 29 min · 4,816 words
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From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, The strikenet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, November 3rd. It was chilly in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of robbery detail.
My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Ed Walker. My name's Friday. It was five minutes to midnight and we got the 318 Silver Avenue. Stendel's Bakery shop. Yeah? Romero and Friday sent for robbery.
On Jacob's unit, 16R. My partner Olson's back there in the shop talking to the owner. You answered the call, did you? The am must have been a crazy man shot two of them down cold blood.
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