Wed Nov 26, 2008 at 05:08:54 PM EST
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Pretty sneaky Mr. Sheriff: Seventy-five people with active arrest warrants have been arrested during a sting operation in which the Bergen County Sheriff's Office offered prizes for participating in an imaginary Meadowlands seminar, authorities said today.
The alleged fugitives were caught in Operation Bait and Hook when they registered for the seminar on a Web site set up by law-enforcement officials, called a special toll-free number or attended the seminar, Sheriff Leo P. McGuire said.
The fake invitation offered a chance to win a two-night stay at an Atlantic City hotel and a Toyota Prius hybrid car. The first 100 people to attend the seminar would get a free Nintendo Wii entertainment system, the invitation said.
There's no danger of entrapment because they didn't entice them to break the law, just appear using this website. It certainly is a creative way of getting fugitives to come to you. Here's a little more about how they made sure not to get any unsuspecting bystanders:Only those who held an invitation were allowed in, so no innocent people were caught in the sting, McGuire said. One man brought his mother, who was denied entrance, he said. A representative from the Division of Youth and Family Services was on call in case an attendee brought a child, he said. Do you think they'll still get the Wii or is it more along the lines of "we are going to jail?" |
| Jason Springer :: Instead of Wii, AC trip & Prius, fugitives get arrested |
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