Toby Roach
Appearances
Criminal
Operation Flagship
And the driver pulled over, and we were filming this. This is Toby Roach.
Criminal
Operation Flagship
We looked at it as a Hollywood production. That's the best way to describe it. We dressed the people at the dais in tuxedos.
Criminal
Operation Flagship
When the fugitives came in, they were greeted by cheerleaders who were female police officers for the District of Columbia Police or Deputy U.S. Marshals, you know, patting them on the back and the small of the back to make sure there wasn't a gun or a knife back there.
Criminal
Operation Flagship
Yes. You can use ruse and trickery to apprehend somebody. They came to us voluntarily. We didn't go into their houses or do anything like that.
Criminal
Operation Flagship
Well, it's not tricking. It's doing a ruse. It's not, you know, when you arrest them, you identify yourself, who you are. And I think it's very safe for the public. I think it's the safest way to get dangerous criminals off the street.
Criminal
Operation Flagship
The fact that they're coming to us, basically we called it arrest by appointment only.
Criminal
Operation Flagship
They were going to meet a bunch of Playboy bunnies and, you know, and hang out and get pictures taken and all that.
Criminal
Operation Flagship
So he came over to the house, and we started talking football. So he was telling me, for the NFL, for the NFC, for the Washington Redskins, there was a seven-year wait to get nosebleeds tickets. This gave Toby an idea. I talked with him about the boy George Sting and that, and I said, you know, Herb, we could...
Criminal
Operation Flagship
have people for Redskin tickets and create a new sports video like ESPN or something like that. They would get a buffet brunch, and we joked around and said, okay, let's do this on Monday. Let's do this tomorrow.