Suspect Escapes Philadelphia Police HQ
By Wyatt Earp | December 10, 2008
What. The. Hell? How is this possible? I can see someone escaping from a district or a divisional HQ, but this is POLICE FRAKKIN’ HEADQUARTERS!!!
Maybe it’s just me, but I think we’d put kind of a high priority on security at POLICE FRAKKIN’ HEADQUARTERS!!
I’d like a large roll of duct tape and some aspirin, please.
A suspect who said he had the skinny on a homicide case managed to shimmy through an air vent in the ceiling of an interview room last night and escape Police Headquarters.
Police were searching for Hector Gomez, 28, of Kensington, who they said slipped through the ductwork of the Homicide Unit and then is believed to have walked out a door of the Police Department’s headquarters at Eighth and Race Streets.
“He probably acted like normal and just strolled out,” said Lt. Frank Vanore, the department’s spokesman.
Gomez, who is described as a 5-foot-8 Hispanic weighing 140 pounds, is the first person in memory to successfully escape from custody in the department’s central headquarters, police say. (H/T – The Philadelphia Inquirer)
I’ll say this for Gomez: He’s got some pretty big cojones. And we have some pretty big egg on our faces.
Topics: The Job | 13 Comments »
Philly’s Phinest!
Randal – And I have no doubt that this tool walked right out the front door. Ugh.
Oops…
It’s said he did just walk right out the front door. To be fair, the “cops” that sit at the front door are watching those coming IN. The responsibility of watching prisoners lays with whatever unit in holding the prisoner.
I can picture him yelling “Yo, hold the elevator”, and Freckles holding the door.
Ted Bundy did the same thing, the same way.
The beard helped him blend in.
Might want to call them up and have them inventory the gun lockers.
No, wait, that’s the FBI. Nevermind.
Kaveman beat me to it. Did they check the evidence room?
I guess Squidward forgot to pay the “escaping prisoner” alarm system bill?
Some things you just don’t want to read.
Greetings:
I thought that this only happened in Pakistan.
Old NFO – Guess that’s why pencils have erasers.
Wagonsux – And to be fair, have you seen some of the “officers” at the front desk? Yikes!
Prof – Let’s hope Gomez doesn’t go on a killing spree.
Doghouse – Yeah, he said he was Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart.
Kaveman – You know they designed their badges after Philadelphia Detective shields? True story.
Lergnom – I sure hope so.
Trek – Police HQ is a disgrace. A decrepit, condemned building that should have been replaced years ago. If you only knew.
Admiral – I know I didn’t want to read this story. I actually cringed.
11B40 – Unfortunately not.
How long was this guy alone? Who was suppose to be watching him, and with what did he unscrew the vent plate?
By the way, I checked the stock room. They’re out of duct tape. Seems some Detective, who will remain nameless, keeps using it up. And according to their resupply list, they won’t be getting anymore until the first of the year.