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Detectives Friday and Gannon investigate a scam artist who is defrauding people by selling fake magazine subscriptions. To gain the trust of his victims and prove his honesty, the con man uses an authentic Congressional Medal of Honor.
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00:25This is the city, Los Angeles, California.
00:29It's a big city with a big heart, and it offers a lot.
00:32Museums, libraries, galleries, playgrounds, beaches, valleys, and mountains.
00:37Angelenos are proud of our new Griffith Park Zoo, which houses animals from all over the world.
00:42The king of beasts and his jester, the proud, and the profane.
00:50Not all of the wolves and jackals who come to Los Angeles are in the zoo.
00:54A lot of them wind up in the city jail.
00:57My job is to put them there.
00:58I carry a badge.
01:01It was Tuesday, January 17th.
01:03It was cold in Los Angeles.
01:04We were working the day watch out of Frauds Division, Bunko Section.
01:06The boss is Captain Lambert.
01:08My partner's Bill Gammon.
01:11My name's Friday.
01:15Public Information Division wanted a favor.
01:17Sergeant Dan Cook had set up an interview for Lieutenant Ron Brighter to talk about petty Bunko artists.
01:22He was to appear on a local TV show that afternoon, but he was involved in the fake bank examiner
01:27swindle.
01:28The captain asked if Ganon or I would substitute for Brighter.
01:40The story you are about to see is true.
01:43The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
02:09Now let's be fair about this, Joe.
02:11You or me?
02:11Call it.
02:13Heads.
02:14Friday wins.
02:15You mean Ganon does it?
02:16You do it.
02:16Put aside the magazine scam you're working on for a few hours.
02:19Yes, sir.
02:19Bill can help you with the exhibits.
02:21We're expecting a call on the magazine, kid skipper.
02:23I'll let you know if it comes in.
02:25Take the toys along.
02:281.05 p.m.
02:30We drove to the Hollywood studio, which telecasts the Jerry Dexter Show.
02:33It was seen at night, but they taped it in advance at 2 in the afternoon.
02:37Sergeant, you're on after this commercial.
02:41Those the props?
02:42Uh-huh.
02:43The things you're going to use in the show?
02:44He is.
02:45Okay, well, stand by.
02:48You nervous, Joe?
02:49Well, I've been more relaxed.
02:51You sure look nervous.
02:52Well, I'm not.
02:53There's nothing to be nervous about.
02:54I'm not nervous.
02:55You act nervous.
02:56All right, have it your way.
02:57What?
02:57I'm nervous.
02:58There's nothing to be nervous about.
02:59You said that.
03:00Well, it's true.
03:01Well, then why don't you go out there?
03:03Not me.
03:03I'd be nervous.
03:07Sergeant.
03:25Ah, sit down.
03:26Just relax, Sergeant.
03:29Don't be nervous.
03:33Welcome back to the Jerry Dexter Show.
03:35We have returned from our film festival of spot commercials.
03:38I used to be Jerry Dexter, and if there are no volunteers, I'll continue to be.
03:42Our next guest tonight is going to tell us how some other people make a living, a dishonest
03:46living, swindling, honest, gullible people.
03:50The Los Angeles Police Department is one of the finest in the nation, so let's welcome
03:54one of their members, Sergeant Joe Friday.
03:56Sergeant, I read recently that authorities estimate over $1 billion a year are lost by trusting
04:02people who are victimized by bunco artists, con men and women who prey on the public.
04:06Yes, sir.
04:07Can you tell us some of the ways the con men operate these days?
04:10For instance, what have you got in that box?
04:12Well, sir, there's this.
04:18Oh, it's rubber.
04:19Could have fooled me.
04:20Yeah, it fools a lot of people.
04:21What's a rubber rattlesnake got to do with a con man?
04:24Well, they work it like this.
04:25They pick a house, they ring the doorbell, and they tell the owner there's been a report
04:28of rattlers in the area.
04:29They ask if they can go into the house to check.
04:31And naturally, the owner approves.
04:33You bet your sweet knees I would.
04:34The con man goes under, then comes out shaking this rubber snake.
04:38Tells the homeowner, they're there all right, a whole nest of them.
04:41And he offers to clear them out for a fee.
04:42And what do they charge for this so-called service?
04:45Well, whatever they can get away with.
04:47$10, $50, $100.
04:48And people have actually gone for that swindle?
04:50Yes, sir, they're still going for it.
04:52What else do we have there, Sergeant?
04:55Well, would you say this is a branch of a tree, Mr. Dexter?
04:58Yeah, that's what it looks like.
04:59A branch or a twig?
05:00All right, a twig or an ape's swizzle stick.
05:04Yes, sir.
05:05A stranger comes to your door and offers to trim the dead branches from the tree in your yard for
05:08only 25 cents a branch.
05:10Reasonable enough?
05:11Yeah.
05:11You let his crew go to work.
05:13They cut branches all right.
05:14Dead ones, dying ones, and good healthy ones.
05:16Then from each branch, they cut these twigs.
05:19And when you go to settle, they count each twig as a branch, and they stick you with a bill
05:22that can run into $200, $300, $400.
05:24And people pay it?
05:25Sometimes, if they argue long enough, they'll settle for less, but the victim is still cheated.
05:30And by bunkos who have no real knowledge of tree surgery and who frequently kill trees in the bargain.
05:34Well, Sergeant, all of these things sound like petty schemes.
05:37What about some of the bigger swindles?
05:39Well, there's this.
05:45I'd have to check with the band first.
05:47That looks like it could be a portable still.
05:48What is that?
05:49Would you believe a money-making machine?
05:50That makes money?
05:52For the con man, thousands.
05:53What's the gimmick here?
05:54Well, look, I'll show you.
05:55They claim that by placing a real $20 bill here, along with two pieces of blank paper, and then closing
06:02it, turning it on, adjusting the dials, and going through a lot of hocus pocus,
06:07the $120 is reproduced on both pieces of the blank paper.
06:11Actually, when you twist this knob, it slides back this false bottom here in this compartment, where two real $20s
06:18have been hidden all along.
06:19And some poor suckers believe it actually manufactures money, and they buy it?
06:23Well, they either buy it or invest in it.
06:25One man bought a machine just like this for $10,000 in cash.
06:29Incredible.
06:29Well, it's people's own greed that makes them victims of the bunco artists, trying to get something for nothing.
06:35Sergeant, how can we protect ourselves against the swindlers who go from door to door?
06:39Well, you're always safe when you deal with reputable, established firms with whom you've dealt before, or who are recommended
06:44by friends.
06:46Before we continue, Sergeant, let's take this minute to hear from this reputable, established firm who sponsors us.
06:53Thank you, Sergeant.
06:54Very good, very good.
06:55I'll have our floor manager bring these things out to you.
06:57Thank you very much.
06:57Can I go now?
06:58Yeah, sure. Good job. Good job.
07:11Yep, sure am, Joe. Real proud of you.
07:13Did I seem nervous?
07:14Not to me, partner. You didn't look nervous.
07:16Good.
07:16I sure was, though.
07:18Here are your props.
07:19Huh?
07:19Your stuff.
07:24Hey, Sergeant there.
07:26Yeah?
07:26Can I see you a minute there?
07:33Hi, there. My name's Tate, Cliff Tate. I'm the film cutter at the station here, there.
07:38Yes, sir.
07:38I was in the control room while you were taping the Dexter show there, Sergeant. Good. Real good there.
07:43Thanks.
07:44A public service. That's what you were performing there, Sergeant.
07:47Uh, can I ask you something there?
07:49What's that?
07:50Here's my wife.
07:51Yes, sir?
07:52She's always buying stuff. Any Tom, Dick, or Jasper knocks at our door, she'll buy it there.
07:57Maybe she better watch the Dexter show tonight, hear what Sergeant Friday has to say.
08:01The latest thing is this Marine.
08:03What Marine's that?
08:04He says he's a war hero from Vietnam there. Sold mail on some magazines.
08:09Subscriptions?
08:10Okay. First she buys subscriptions to help a girl win some points and get a scholarship to a nursing school.
08:15What about the Marine?
08:16Well, then she buys more magazines. Three days later from a foreign exchange student from New Zealand there.
08:21The Marine, Mr. Tate. What about him?
08:23He shows up two days later there and sells Marilyn 35 bucks worth of magazines' inscriptions one day.
08:29And he comes back again less than a week there and sells her 50 bucks worth.
08:33Say, Marine?
08:34Is this some kind of a racket?
08:36Yes, sir. We'd like to talk to your wife.
08:38I wish you would. She's home. 10655 Rancho View.
08:43That's in the valley.
08:44Tarzana. Burroughs Estates. It was named after Edgar Rice Burroughs there. The man who wrote Tarzan.
08:49Yes, sir.
08:50We got a few of the old Tarzan movies here. The ones with Mia Farrow's mother. Remember?
08:55She played Jane. Johnny Weissmuller played Tarzan with her.
08:58That's right. Elmo Lincoln. He was the first Tarzan there.
09:01Who played Jane with Elmo?
09:03What do you say you and me play?
09:04Hmm?
09:05Policeman.
09:213.15 p.m. We called Captain Lambert and filled him in.
09:25For a month, we had been working on the magazine kid using the Marine scam.
09:29His doorbell crew had taken Mrs. Marion Ballard in Hollywood for $1,800 in magazine subscriptions.
09:35Now it looked like they had switched operations to the San Fernando Valley.
09:393.50 p.m. We arrived at the Tate Address.
09:51Joe, take a look.
09:53Yeah.
10:06Police officers, ma'am. You're Mrs. Tate?
10:07Yes. My Clippy boy called and said to expect you. Which one of you is Sergeant Sunday?
10:11Friday, ma'am.
10:12I knew he mentioned a day. Well, come on in. You just have a cup of tea and a piece
10:15of pie.
10:22I'm Puffy Pigeon proud of my pies.
10:24No, ma'am, but thank you.
10:25Mrs. Tate, we'd like to ask you about that Marine that sold you the magazine subscriptions.
10:30Our United States Marine Corps. Oh, so gallant, so brave, and so very considerate.
10:35How's that, ma'am?
10:36To let Glenn do that.
10:37Glenn? Is that his first name or his last?
10:39Just Glenn's all I call him.
10:41No last name.
10:42Of course he has. It'll come to me. He's a hero, you know. He showed me his medal.
10:45What medal's that, Mrs. Tate?
10:47Well, I told you he's a hero. The medal from Congress.
10:50Do you mean the Congressional Medal of Honor?
10:52Exactly. There was a movie called The Purple Heart. That's a medal, too. And Dana Andrews was so brave in
10:58that.
10:58Yes, ma'am.
10:59I was a stand-in once for Helen Twelletrees. Now, there was an angel.
11:03Yes, ma'am. Miss Tate, we'd like to know what you can tell us about the Marine who sold you
11:07the magazine subscriptions, this Glenn.
11:09Well, the magazines aren't for me, you know. They're for the boys in Vietnam and the hospitals.
11:13Is that what he told you?
11:14Well, that's why the Marine Corps let him sell subscriptions. You see, the boys desperately need reading material.
11:19Mrs. Tate, the Marine Corps doesn't send its members out to solicit magazine subscriptions.
11:24They don't?
11:25No, ma'am.
11:25I'm afraid you're the victim of a swindle.
11:27I am?
11:28Yes, ma'am.
11:29Crews of nice-looking young people have been passing themselves off as Marines, medical students, nursing students,
11:35bilking well-meaning people like yourself out of thousands of dollars in magazine subscriptions.
11:39Well, goodness to Marie, I bought from a lovely young nurse. Just look! Just look! Love stories, movie pick, love
11:47novelettes, thrilling stories, sensations, and spring ride.
11:51Yes, ma'am. Now, whether you get those magazines or not, the subscriptions were sold to you under false pretenses.
11:56What's the difference? If I get my magazines, why won't the boys in the war zones and the hospital zones
12:00get theirs?
12:01Mrs. Tate, did this Glenn give you a receipt? Did he sign anything?
12:05Of course he did. Honestly, you're just like Cliff. All you men, so cynical. Excuse me.
12:10Glenn wouldn't be a crook. He's such a nice boy. And what do you go through in those jungle battles?
12:14Here it is, a receipt.
12:15May we have that, please?
12:16Oh, no, I need it for income tax. It's a charity donation, you know. Wouldn't you rather have a piece
12:20of pie instead?
12:21No, ma'am. Well, could we just look at it, ma'am?
12:24Yes. There. He signed it. Can you make that out?
12:27Same number.
12:27I have to check it. But this one he signed. Glenn, P-R-O-C-U-S-T-A-N.
12:33I remember now. Procustin. Sergeant Glenn Procustin.
12:37Here's the serial number.
12:38Allied Subscription Service?
12:39Same as the others.
12:41All right. Thank you very much, Ms. Tate.
12:42And you might tell your husband to paint your fence.
12:44We do every spring.
12:46You better do it right now, ma'am.
12:47Fiddle, fuddle, why?
12:48The confidence men have you marked with their code.
12:51Small numbers written on one of the pickets on your front fence.
12:54They tip off the next man that this house is good for a sale.
12:57Wait, if you won't take any pie, here, take some magazines.
13:00Those are brand new.
13:01Well, I just bought them to help out those nice young people.
13:04Yes, ma'am.
13:05Don't tell Cliff, but I don't read them.
13:07Is that so?
13:08My eyes are going bad.
13:224.45 p.m.
13:24We had checked R&I and CII.
13:26There was no local record on the suspect.
13:28I pulled the file on Mrs. Marion Ballard,
13:30the elderly victim of the $1,800 subscription bunk.
13:34Her receipts had no signature, just a serial number.
13:37It was the same as the military serial number Procustin had signed on Mrs. Tate's receipt.
13:41I put the name Glenn Procustin and the serial number through the Marine Corps files in Washington.
13:47Bill wrote a letter to Universal Registry,
13:49a national clearinghouse for subscription salesmen all over the country.
13:53Their office is in Chicago.
13:54He requested all information they might have concerning the suspect, if any.
14:00Wednesday, January 18th, 8.40 a.m.
14:02A teletype came in from headquarters Marine Corps.
14:05The serial number was accurate.
14:07It had been assigned to a gunnery sergeant, Emmanuel G. Procustin.
14:10He had been decorated with a congressional medal of honor.
14:13Take a look, Bill.
14:16How do you like that?
14:17Procustin's a medal of honor winner.
14:18Read on.
14:21It was awarded posthumously.
14:273.15 p.m.
14:29Captain Lambert wanted to see us.
14:31Mrs. Ballard.
14:32What about her?
14:33She's been swindled again.
14:34Her daughter-in-law just found out.
14:35The Marine?
14:36A nurse in uniform.
14:37Working her way through school.
14:38Took her for 52 bucks.
14:40Well, they won't be back.
14:41How do you know?
14:42This is Mrs. Ballard.
14:43Yeah?
14:43That's about all the money she had left.
14:48Thursday, January 19th.
14:50Another cold day.
14:51But our lines kept hot.
14:52A lot of people had seen the Jerry Dexter show the night before.
14:55They had a lot of questions.
14:57Sergeant Friday.
15:02Miss Tate?
15:03Mr. Tate?
15:04We want to see you there, Sergeant.
15:05We came in person.
15:06What can we do for you?
15:07You can catch that Marine there.
15:09I'm so disappointed in Glenn.
15:10Has he been back again?
15:12Tell him, Marilyn.
15:12Oh, I'm so ashamed.
15:13You tell.
15:14Would you like to sit down?
15:15No time for that.
15:16We have to leave.
15:17But the bank called there.
15:19What bank?
15:20Managers a neighbor of ours.
15:21He said that we were overdrawn there.
15:23It was Glenn who did it.
15:24Did what, Miss Tate?
15:25The $50 check Baron wrote him there.
15:27He changed the amount to $500.
15:30Well, did you make out the check, Mrs. Tate, or did he?
15:32Well, he.
15:33But I saw it was only $50.
15:34$50.
15:35Can I pick up three long distance?
15:37Excuse me.
15:37Shirley, we have to go.
15:38Yeah, we just wanted you to know about the check there.
15:41We have an appointment.
15:42Is that so?
15:42I'm having my eyes checked for glasses.
15:44Bye there.
15:45Goodbye.
15:49Bye.
15:49Right.
15:51That was Universal Registry in Chicago.
15:53They have a Glenn Procustin listed all right.
15:55He was registered with them all last year.
15:57Employed by Allied Subscription Service.
15:59Any address?
16:00It floats.
16:00Out of Pueblo, Colorado, originally.
16:03The magazine crew he was on was working the Southwest last they heard.
16:06Well, he could be working here now.
16:08Doesn't matter.
16:08He quit the crew.
16:09When?
16:10They're not sure.
16:11Maybe Yuma can tell us.
16:12How's that?
16:12Procustin was arrested there.
16:18We sent a teletype to Yuma detectives requesting information and mugshots of the suspect.
16:2212.20 p.m.
16:251.10 p.m.
16:26Yuma detectives responded with information that Procustin had been arrested the previous October 9th for petty theft.
16:32He served 30 days.
16:33They were sending mugshots via airmail.
16:35We'd have them in the morning.
16:37Meanwhile, we had the FBI number on the pictures.
16:40Using that number, we ran Glenn Procustin's name through the FBI.
16:45Friday, January 20th, the mugshots from Yuma arrived.
16:48The arresting officer had sent along a letter stating that the suspect had been charged by his former employer, Pete
16:54Benson.
16:58FBI kickback on Procustin.
16:59Two-month service, Paris Island.
17:01Dishonorable discharge from the Marine Corps.
17:03Yeah, his father would be real proud of him, wouldn't he?
17:05Yeah.
17:05His father won the Medal of Honor.
17:1610.20 a.m.
17:18A check of every motel in the area was begun to locate Pete Benson.
17:22Meanwhile, we took the mugshots of Procustin to Hollywood and asked Mrs. Ballard to identify him.
17:27She said he had sold her enough magazine subscriptions to last her 38 years.
17:31She was 79 years old.
17:3511.15 a.m.
17:36We drove out to Tarzana.
17:37We showed a group of mugshots, including Procustin's, to Mrs. Tate.
17:40That's him.
17:41That's Glenn.
17:42You're positive?
17:43Oh, absolutely.
17:45You know something, Sergeant?
17:46Yes, ma'am.
17:47He's not as good looking now, is he?
17:49How's that?
17:50Now that I've got my glasses.
17:5712 noon.
17:58We got a message to call the captain.
18:00They'd located Pete Benson at a motel on Wilshire Boulevard.
18:04We headed for the Diploma Motel.
18:06The manager had told Sergeant Binstein and his partner that Benson and his crew usually had lunch in the coffee
18:11shop.
18:1312.23 p.m.
18:14We checked with the manager of the Diploma Motel.
18:17While we were talking, a station wagon pulled up.
18:19The manager identified the driver as Benson.
18:35Pete Benson?
18:36Yeah.
18:37Police officers.
18:38Later, mates.
18:39Lunchtime.
18:39You can afford to wait.
18:41Got a crack, Skinny?
18:42Yeah.
18:43We want to talk to you.
18:44Well, this ain't no information, but...
18:46Make it one.
18:47Okay, gumshoe.
18:49What's on your head?
18:50We want to know about one of your solicitors.
18:51Don't try to roust me.
18:52I run a square chute.
18:53Sure you do.
18:54You got nothing.
18:56My kids sell and we deliver the books.
18:58You got no clouds on me and I don't have to tell you nothing.
19:00I know my constituted rights.
19:02Well, now, I'm glad you know your rights.
19:04Maybe you know ours, too.
19:05Gumshoes.
19:06Never changed, do you?
19:08Up and down the home of the brave and the land of the free.
19:11All of you.
19:12A pack of pinheads.
19:13Look, Benson, don't make us lean on you, because when my partner leans, he goes in hot and heavy
19:17and deep enough to strike oil.
19:19Now, either you talk to us about this percustin here, or we go downtown and talk all night.
19:23Percustin?
19:24What about that crud?
19:26Yeah.
19:26What about him, Benson?
19:27Look, I got no use for percustin.
19:30Him and me had a beef.
19:31Is that right?
19:32Yeah.
19:33The bum quit the crew in Yuma, Arizona.
19:36Ran off with a week's receipts.
19:38Anything else?
19:38Yeah.
19:39One of my best salesgirls, Norma Bryant.
19:42This Bryant girl, what kind of scam is she working?
19:44Who knows if she's still working?
19:46She worked the nurse bit in Yuma?
19:47I don't know what the kids do.
19:49I told you.
19:50I run a square chute.
19:52Just sell the books, babies.
19:54Yeah, sure.
19:55Some of them come up with a little white lie here and there, maybe.
19:58Or come up with a little something else, maybe.
20:00Like what?
20:00Like a bigger number on a check.
20:01You prove that.
20:02We will.
20:03When?
20:03When we dig out Glenn Percustin.
20:05If that weasel's within a hundred miles of L.A., we'll sniff him.
20:08All right.
20:09Start sniffing.
20:203.55 p.m.
20:21Benson made good.
20:22He located the suspect.
20:25Glenn Percustin was registered under his own name at Hunter's Lodge in Studio City.
20:304.41 p.m.
20:32Bill and I went up to room 641.
20:34The suspect was cooperative.
20:35We advised him of his rights and he agreed to talk to us.
20:38You know a man named Benson?
20:39There's a fat pig named Pete Benson.
20:41I sure do know him.
20:42It's Pete Benson.
20:42He's bad news.
20:43I used to work for him.
20:44What happened?
20:45I quit his crew in Yuma.
20:46When I left, he planted a cheap wristwatch in my bag and then called the police and said
20:50I stole it.
20:50How much time did you do?
20:5130 days.
20:52That's the only spot on my record.
20:54Honest.
20:54Looks like there's going to be another one, fella.
20:56I don't follow you.
21:00Must be my wife.
21:02Hi, honey.
21:03Company.
21:04Norma Bryant?
21:05Yes.
21:06Police officers.
21:07What is it, Glenn?
21:07What's wrong?
21:08They want to talk about Pete.
21:09Pete Benson?
21:10Well, he should be arrested.
21:12Before we question you, the law requires we inform you of your rights.
21:15Any statement you make may be used against you in a court of law.
21:17You have the right to remain silent.
21:19You have the right to the presence of an attorney.
21:21If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed before any questioning.
21:24Why should I need an attorney?
21:25Do you understand your rights?
21:26Yes.
21:27Did you sell some magazine subscriptions to a Mrs. Marion Ballard at 1655 Winona Boulevard in Hollywood?
21:32An elderly lady?
21:33That's right.
21:34Yes, sir.
21:35Did you tell her you got points for each sale that would help you win a scholarship to complete nursing
21:38school?
21:39That's what Pete told us to say.
21:40Did you tell Mrs. Ballard that?
21:42Yes.
21:43You're under arrest.
21:45Now you.
21:46Yes, sir.
21:46Did you sell magazine subscriptions to a Mrs. Ballard and to a Mrs. Marilyn Tate of 10655 Rancho View in
21:52Tarzana?
21:52Yes, sir.
21:53You're under arrest.
21:54Why?
21:55For what?
21:56Forgery, grand theft, bunko, and at least 10 misdemeanor counts we know of.
21:59You want more?
22:00Oh, surely there's been a mistake.
22:01You made a mistake.
22:02No, you made the mistake when you revised that last check.
22:05What last check?
22:06The one from Mrs. Tate.
22:07I did no such thing, officers.
22:09All right.
22:10Maybe I stretch the truth.
22:12Until it broke.
22:13But I didn't raise a check.
22:16I did.
22:17I wanted to get it over with, honey.
22:19Get the money we need and go home and get married.
22:22But get all this house-to-house doorbell ringing.
22:24Oh, baby.
22:26Why'd you do that?
22:27We had it almost made.
22:29I know.
22:29Another few weeks, we'd have had it all.
22:32We could have gone back to Denver, lived honest.
22:34He didn't do it.
22:35I did it.
22:36Take me, but not Glenn.
22:37Sorry, miss.
22:40Benson.
22:41He's the one you should take.
22:42That fat slob.
22:43He got us started.
22:44Did he give you that Congressional Medal of Honor to flash?
22:47He did not.
22:48This medal was my father's.
22:50And he lost his life winning it, didn't he?
22:52Yes, sir.
22:54Well, you're going to lose a little for using it.
23:16The story you have just seen is true.
23:19The names were changed to protect the innocent.
23:23On March 20th, trial was held in Department 182,
23:27Superior Court of the State of California
23:29for the County of Los Angeles.
23:31In a moment, the results of that trial.
23:37The suspect was found guilty on three counts of grand theft.
23:41Grand theft is punishable by imprisonment
23:43in the county jail for not more than one year
23:46or in the state prison for not more than 10 years.
23:55The suspect was found guilty on three counts of grand theft
23:58and one count of forgery.
24:06Pete Benson and his magazine crew were tried in municipal court
24:10for the County of Los Angeles
24:11and were found guilty of fraudulent solicitation.
24:14Under the Los Angeles Municipal Code,
24:16fraudulent solicitation is a misdemeanor
24:18punishable by six months' imprisonment
24:21or a $500 fine or both.
24:23Pete Benson received the maximum punishment.
24:26The sentences of his crew were suspended.
24:30THE END OF THE LOWER
24:31The END OF THE LOWER
24:32The END OF THE LOWER
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