Cops ‘bag’ suspect in suitcase
Rocky Mountain News
Published January 28, 2009 at 11:19 a.m.
Updated January 28, 2009 at 11:19 a.m.
Boulder County sheriff's deputies who went to a Lafayette motel this week looking for a man wanted on two misdemeanor warrants put the case “in the bag” with a quick baggage check.
When they knocked on the door of the motel room, they were greeted by a woman who had a restraining order against the man they were looking for, said Cmdr. Phil West. The woman closed the door but reopened it a few minutes later and allowed the deputies inside.
In a corner, the deputies saw a suitcase that appeared to move, West said.
When officers started to unzip the suitcase, 54-year-old Wayne Pierce - the man they were looking for -tumbled out, West said.
Pierce was jailed on the original warrants accusing him of failure to comply with a court order and failure to appear in court, along with violation of the restraining order. The woman, who wasn't identified, was jailed on suspicion of being an accessory, West said.
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January 28, 2009
11:37 a.m.
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vYRaL303 writes:
haha in the suitcase...nice try.
January 28, 2009
11:39 a.m.
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somebunnyluvsme writes:
Open and shut case!
January 28, 2009
11:54 a.m.
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scootertrash writes:
Should fine her for overweight luggage.
January 28, 2009
12:02 p.m.
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Buckwheat writes:
Just the visual alone cracks me up. To darn funny Thanks RMN.
January 28, 2009
12:12 p.m.
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INC writes:
so she needed a restraining order against a man that fits in a suitcase?
January 28, 2009
12:18 p.m.
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HankReardon writes:
...and in the background on the radio, Sting was singing,
"Id invite you back to my place
Its only mine because it holds my suitcase
It looks home to me alright
But its a hundred miles from yesterday night
Must I be the man in a suitcase
Is it me, the man with the strangers face..."