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Dash cam video catches bank robbery suspect swallowing evidence

December 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

By Carlos Miller
John H. Ford looked like the cat that ate the canary as police searched him for weapons.

After all, he had just swallowed what police believe to be a key piece of evidence against him; the holdup note he allegedly used to rob a bank earlier that afternoon.

What he didn’t expect was that his actions would be caught on the police dash cam video.

Even though it is impossible to determine the contents of that note, police still found a gun and ink-stained cash in his car.

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4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Craig Joke // Dec 3, 2009 at 12:49 AM

    I love the expression on his face at about 0:30

  • 2 mepsipax // Dec 3, 2009 at 11:38 AM

    Funny video. Good attention to detail there officer. Lol. Maybe he should have been trained with the court cop from Arizona. He knows the importance of paper.

  • 3 Tom // Dec 3, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    Your link in the middle of the story is broken…

  • 4 pzdummy // Dec 4, 2009 at 6:05 AM

    http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39862

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