Episode 211: Little Tooth | Operation Flagship

Hillary and Tina cover Operation Flagship. Operation Flagship was a clever ruse devised by the feds to nab fugitives in Washington DC. BUT, the elaborate scheme ultimately highlighted the innovative tactics used to catch wrongdoers and brought notoriety to the US Marshal's Service. Sources Hillary's Story Chicago Tribune POLICE ARREST 100 FUGITIVES IN TICKET RUSE (https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/12/16/police-arrest-100-fugitives-in-ticket-ruse/) Los Angeles Times Free Football Party Lures Fugitives Into Arms of Law (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-16-mn-695-story.html)--by Ronald J. Ostrow Medium How Cops Used A Fake NFL Football Ticket Giveaway In 1985 To Capture Wanted Fugitive Criminals (https://historianandrew.medium.com/how-cops-used-a-fake-nfl-football-ticket-giveaway-in-1985-to-capture-wanted-fugitive-criminals-63540e280807)--by Andrew Martin US Marshals Service Fugitive Investigative Strike Teams - No Such Thing as a Free Lunch (https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are/history/historical-reading-room/fugitive-investigative-strike-teams-no-such-thing-free-lunch#:~:text=It%20seemed%20like%20a%20dream,and%20DC%20Metropolitan%20Police%20officers) The Washington Post Football Party Proves a Bust (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/12/16/football-party-proves-a-bust/6b356b0b-babb-454c-8aa4-8ad59753dc34/)--by John Ward Anderson Wikipedia Operation Flagship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Flagship) YouTube Mass Amount Of Fugitives BUSTED In Football Ticket Sting Operation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdmI04Id5w) Photos Banner at Sting Operation (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Operation_Flagship_welcome_banner.jpg)--from US Marshals Service via Wikipedia (Public Domain) Arresting Fugitives (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Football-FIST-Arrests-2.jpg)--from US Marshals Service via Wikipedia (Public Domain) Master of Ceremonies (https://www.usmarshals.gov/sites/default/files/acquiadam/Football-Master-of-Ceremony.jpg)--via US Marshals Service Website