http://www.eccie.net/showthread.php?t=48523. Check post #7 in particular.
Before I didn't think it ever happened. Now, I'd say it's extremely unlikely, but not impossible.
Originally Posted by Shackleton
Wow. I'm freaking floored. That is just SCARY. But, I don't put anything past Oklahoma LEOs.
They worked (booked) it as a double (as mentioned in the probable cause warrant that is available online, most obviously doing so for safety reasons, and there were multiple officers waiting outside that assisted in the arrest according to that charging document) and actually pulled it off . . . I can't find any other example from that area (at least one newsworthy) from that specific time frame or since . . I wonder if this was a proof of concept / "shock them straight" type of an arrest, done specifically for publicity to curb an issue. I really can't see that it would be repeated by most any department that valued their officer's safety - also, it seems very cost prohibitive, you're not getting a lot of "bang for your buck / budget" and you're committing a lot resources into going mobile, possibly miles across town with no advance intel on the location, which has to be figured in the cost / benefit analysis. I guess the moral of the story is don't have a double come to your home in Oklahoma if the ladies are an "unknown quantity". Also, if I read this correctly, this was an incall sting that LE had active and he invited them over after declining to go to them - they may have gone fishing with their sting and had no bites and needed to put someone in jail for appearances . . . because WOW, that takes BALLS (and IMHO it is reckless) OR - it may be that as this a very well known gentleman in OKC (self-employed as, among other things, a concert promoter - a high profile "target of opportunity"), and they wanted to drive home a point and went to him specifically when he called (or he was on their radar from something else and they took an opportunity to make the arrest in his home to look for "more"). No matter the motivation, it is just . . WOW.
I remember several instances where LEOs (decoys) were injured after getting into vehicles during street stings for prostitution when the arrest was attempted; I know of one officer being killed - several suffered life altering injuries. And, I have heard of (but never substantiated) other instances of decoys being killed in vehicles, similarly. I would think that activities such as this (entring a private home in this manner) might be even more dangerous for the officers involved. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks for the link / info. I may be rapidly approaching the time in my life where I can say I've seen it all . . . I'm picking my jaw up off the desk.
Kisses,
- Jackie