The Big Sophomore

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast · Jun 25, 2026 · 31m

Originally Aired: July 19, 1951 Dragnet #110, "The Big Sophomore," finds Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero assigned to Juvenile Bureau, investigating a puzzling series of petty thefts plaguing neighborhood merchants near a local high school. Grocery store owner Henry Loomis reports that for nearly two weeks, merchandise has been disappearing during the lunch hour rush when high school students crowd his store. The thefts follow a strange pattern: always small amounts, never more than a few dollars worth of canned goods, bread, and butter, and curiously, the cash register is never…