A self serve car wash got national attention (not the type we want mind you), after it was featured on America’s Most Wanted. Also, as a side note, this is what scares me about those haunted car washes, because something like this could happen and I wouldn’t know what to do. Also, for the record, I do think a haunted self serve car wash is a very, very, very, very, very bad idea. In Littleton, Colorado, a man is now in jail after he targeted a woman who was washing her van back in January. According to 4 cbs Denver, the woman had pulled into the car wash when he walked in, opened the driver’s side door and pulled her out. “Video shows the woman parked at the Atlantis Car Wash... She tried to fight off the man but he ultimately grabbed her neck and bit her before pulling her to the ground and getting inside the van.” Thankfully, the woman was not seriously injured. Police in Littleton arrested the man, 51-yearold Phillip Michael Dent, on March 16, after the story was featured on America’s Most Wanted. According to the highly reputable magazine, Variety, it had only been a week since “America’s Most Wanted” returned to the air and already a viewer tip led to a new capture, marking the 1,187th one for the series, which originated in 1988. “And after seeing the ‘crime alert’ case on the show, that’s exactly what a local resident in Denver did. Contacting the Littleton Police Department with information that proved to be accurate and helpful, Dent was arrested,” according to the story. More details of Dent’s arrest were explored on the next new episode of “America’s Most Wanted,” which aired on Monday, March 29 on Fox. Dent is being held on charges of robbery, assault, motor vehicle theft, arson, second-degree burglary, theft and criminal trespass. I’m confused by this one. Does the car crashing into the car wash have anything to do with the driver bumping a woman’s car? If not, was he trying to get help? If yes, then why did he brandish a long gun? What constitutes a long gun? All I can think of is this: Or this: And, may I just take a moment to say, in no other publication will you ever see Elmer J. Fudd share a page with Nathaniel “Hawkeye” Poe. In Hinesville, Georgia, authorities say at 11 p.m. on March 31 was driving down a busy street when a vehicle behind her tapped her bumper. When she got to a redlight, the driver allegedly came out of his vehicle with a long gun. According to WJCL, police said she sped away, closely followed her before he lost control, hit a fire hydrant and ended up at a car wash. His vehicle burst into flames after he ran away, the story said. Thankfully, an arrest was made on April 6, according to WTOC 11, Christopher Sumlin was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and stalking. If you’re going to steal a bunch of money, you gotta go big and take it to a gambling paradise in Nevada. No, not, Las Vegas, and no, not Reno, but Mesquite, Nevada! Who doesn’t want to celebrate a successful robbery in good ‘ol Mesquite? These three criminals sure did. But, unfortunately, their wild ride has been upended as two of the men are now in jail. According to St. George News, police arrested two men, including Michael Gordon Sprague, 55, and Dylan Soracco, 28, who allegedly stole a change machine containing approximately $10,000 from a car wash in Cedar City, Utah, back on December 29. 64 • SPRING 2021 Police stated that Sprague and Soracco, along with a third accomplice who has not been identified, broke into a room at the car wash at approximately 2:30 a.m. and removed the change machine weighing 500 pounds and loaded it into a Volkswagen Jetta. According to the story, the incident was recorded by the car wash’s surveillance cameras. “After taking the stolen machine to a storage unit in town, the men allegedly retrieved the money that was inside and traveled to a casino in Mesquite, Nevada, to cash in the change. They reportedly gambled with some of the money, according to a probable cause statement filed in support of Sprague’s arrest.” The story said that probable cause affidavits filed in 5th District Court allege that Soracco attempted to buy liquor with a counterfeit $100 bill at the state liquor store on Dec. 28. An allegedly, police also found another counterfeit $100 bill with the same serial number in Soracco’s possession during a Dec. 31 traffic stop in a grocery store parking lot, along with drugs and paraphernalia. And, back on November 15, Soracco was arrested after allegedly running a red light, after which police reportedly found heroin and a .38 caliber pistol inside his vehicle. When he was arrested in January, as officers conducted a traffic stop, they caught Soracco and allegedly found him to be in possession of heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine and oxycodone.
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