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The Big Strip
Originally Aired: February 1, 1953
Dragnet #189, "The Big Strip," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith are working auto theft detail, tracking a professional gang of car strippers who have stolen over $12,000 in automobile accessories across Los Angeles. While staking out a parking lot late one Tuesday night, they spot a suspect breaking into a Cadillac. When they move in to make the arrest, the young thief flees in the stolen vehicle and crashes into traffic at a crowded intersection.
The suspect, sixteen-year-old Charles Roxford, dies from his injuries before reaching the hospital…
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