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Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true.
The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Dragnet.
You're a detective sergeant.
You're assigned a juvenile detail.
In the past six weeks, a junior high school has been broken into three times.
And extensive damage has been done by vandals.
Your job investigates.
It was Monday, March 9th.
It was cold in Los Angeles.
We were working the day watch out of juvenile detail.
My partner's Frank Smith, the boss, is Captain Powers.
My name's Friday.
We're on our way out from the office.
It was 8.32 a.m. when we got to the hillside junior high school.
The vice principal's office.
Good morning, may I help you?
Yes, ma'am. Police officers. We'd like to see Ms. Ridley.
Oh, yes. You've been here before, haven't you?
That's right.
Ms. Ridley's expecting you. You can go right in.
Thank you very much.
Good morning, officer.
Come on, please. It's a dog.
Thank you.
You seem to be getting more than our share of trouble.
Yes, ma'am. What is it this time?
Same as before. A little more serious.
A cafeteria?
Yes, wait until you can see the place.
Just downright vandalism.
Food thrown all over on the walls and the floor.
But they didn't stop there.
What do you mean?
The student's supply store was broken into.
In fact, that's where the entrance was made.
Yeah.
The girl in charge says that a number of items are missing.
What was taken?
Thanks, the students used in school.
Notebook pencils, cotton pens.
I see.
There were a lot of transportation books taken too.
Those are the kind of kids used on the buses and street cars.
That's right.
Well, they have serial numbers, don't they?
Yes. We keep a record of them in the office.
Don't be able to give us a list of the numbers on the missing books.
Oh, yes.
Fine. What if we take a look at that store room?
Surely. It's right next to the office.
I wasn't so sure the last time that I am now.
What do you mean?
I thought it was responsible for this.
You got an idea of who might have done it?
Well, I'm pretty sure it must be a student or a former student.
Why do you say that, Miss Ridley?
Well, there's the window they entered.
Somebody must have known that this window opened under the store room.
Screens torn here and the windows are broken.
You have somebody special in mind who might have done this?
No. It wouldn't be fair to cast suspicion on any boy or girl without proof.
Well, I've had trouble with any students since we were here last.
Yes.
What was wrong, ma'am?
During study periods, a group of five boys were causing minor disturbances.
Ah, but it's all been straightened out.
I had a talk with a leader of the group.
I found out he wanted to take part in school athletics.
His parents didn't want him to.
He was afraid he might be injured.
So I called the men for a conference.
We talked and they finally agreed to let the boy participate in school sports.
Mm-hmm.
I called the boys to us.
I have been having trouble since.
How about the other boys?
They weren't really bad.
Without a leader, they just settled down.
I'm sure it wasn't any of them.
What if he could tell us if anything has been moved in here?
No.
This is just the way we found it.
Mm-hmm.
I wonder why they didn't mess this room up, too.
I don't know.
I've been teaching for 20 years and I'm pretty sure of one thing.
What's that, ma'am?
Children do wrong, but not because they want to be tough or brave.
Usually because they're afraid of something.
Mm-hmm.
Most of them are pretty frightened kids.
They need help.
Well, we'll buy that out.
The problem is, what happens to them?
They don't get it.
I'm afraid you only answer that one better than I do.
They'll still be around.
Yeah?
That's frightened adults.
In the cafeteria, we found conditions about the same as we had after the previous acts of mentalism at the school.
The refrigerator had been ransacked.
Cartons of milk along with containers of ice cream and frozen foods had been smacked against the walls and the floor.
The tables had been overturned and the chairs had been thrown around and broken.
The floor was covered with glass.
Frank put in a call to late in France and they sent a crew out to go over the star-room and the cafeteria.
Miss Ridley told us that she had already notified school security.
Before we left, she punched us with a complete list of stolen articles and the serial numbers with a missing student transportation book.
We returned to Georgia Street and met with Captain Powers.
You have pretty sure it's Joffles.
Yeah, the kind of stuff it was taken, the damage done sure points that way.
And he helped them, Miss Ridley?
Yeah, but she couldn't give us any names.
No teacher pupil problem.
You actually mentioned a minor case which has been cleared up.
This is the third time in six weeks for the school, isn't it?
Yeah.
Kids don't usually travel very far for these.
They have a good chance of summing them from the school.
Well, not a way of looks if they try to peddle stuff to the other kids we might be able to get a lead on.
There's a hitch to that though.
What do you mean?
Well, Miss Ridley said that she was going to make an announcement to the student body.
Yeah, she's going to tell them to be on the lookout for the stolen article.
Kids who took the stuff from the school, they might lay low for a while.
That's it.
How much was taken?
About $500 for the school supplies.
Pretty good home.
Yeah.
What do you want to do about it?
Well, I was all right with you, Frank, and I'd like to put a stake out on the school.
All right, Gwen.
We know the janitors work into the early morning hours on Fridays.
Yeah.
So what figures the school must be broken into sometime on Saturday or Sunday.
All right, when do you want to start?
It's coming weekend.
Okay, I'll arrange a clearance for you with school security.
Right?
Any more help you need? Let me know.
Whoever it is must have something against the cafeteria.
Places are real mess.
Yeah.
Bad enough first couple of times.
Don't leave anything in the freezer, just trip.
Sure doesn't make much sense.
I don't know, maybe it does.
What?
Each time they hit the cafeteria, right?
Yeah, that's right.
They didn't tear up the store room.
Through a few pencil boxes around, it's about all.
Yes, but every time food has been destroyed, that's right.
We got a reason for doing it.
Yeah.
Somebody that can't resist the urge to eat all the time doesn't like being overweight.
So without knowing why they do it, they destroy food.
Mm-hmm.
It could be a part of it.
It's only a theory, but it might hold water.
Yeah, that's true, but we don't know if it's a gang or after or just one person.
Another thing, they've broken in three times.
Might have been by different kids.
Good questions, all of them.
Yeah.
That's why you get paid to get the answers.
We kept in contact with Miss Ridley during the rest of the week, but as far as she knew,
none of the stolen articles showed up.
Captain Powers talked with a school security section of the Board of Education
and Frank and I staked out in the school on Saturday in Sunday.
There was no disturbance.
We went back to following weekend.
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Saturday passed without trouble.
Sunday 7.34 p.m.
We were sitting in the vice principal's office.
Right, yeah.
All right, son, come on, party's over.
Come on, come on, grab him.
Let me go, let me go.
Take it easy for it.
I take it easy.
This isn't going to help.
Just hold still.
What's your name?
Jerry, what's your last name?
Beckle.
You've done this before?
Come on, son, answer me.
All right, let's go.
You going to put me in jail?
We'll see.
I'm afraid you've caught.
There's no reason you should be.
Why'd you throw all this food around?
I don't know.
You haven't got a reason?
No.
She went to a lot of trouble at catch me.
It's not too much, son.
Huh?
You made it easy.
Before leaving the school of Frank Call School Security, I notified them of the broken window and the damage done by Jerry Beckle.
We drove back to Georgia Street to question the subject further.
On the way down he refused to say anything.
The office he told us he lived at 1206 Walnut Street.
Frank went to check central juvenile index.
842 PM.
That's all.
I can't tell you anymore.
Now let's get one thing straight, son. You're in trouble.
We'd like to help you, but you've got to play ball with us.
We'll level with you, but you've got to play it the same way.
Are you going to stand?
Yeah.
All right.
Now we can't do anything for you unless you want us to.
Unless we know why you do these things, it'll be pretty hard for you to find a way out.
Clear?
I guess so.
Well, the only way we can find out is if you tell us the truth.
No.
Yeah, my boy has no previous record.
All right, how about it?
You ready to answer our questions now, son?
Sure.
But I won't do any good.
Why do you say that?
Can't change my looks, can you?
Well, why there's no reason to do that? You look healthy to me.
Sure, I'm healthy.
Fat and ugly too.
That's why I had to trouble with Miss Ridley.
Well, now I suppose you tell us about it.
She kicked me out of school.
Why?
Fight.
Are we fighting with her?
Different guys.
Why did you fight?
It's called me names.
Why don't you go ahead?
It's my fault.
I can't help how I look.
You sure that's why you had the fights?
It wouldn't let me alone.
I suppose you think I'm real good looking now.
Son, I told you we'll level with you.
You're not a ugly kid.
Now, it seems to me you're imagining a lot.
Sure.
Suppose they call me a large barrel.
Which man?
Because they imagined it too.
Maybe they got another reason.
Like what?
Tunnelia.
If you didn't let them know it bothered you,
they probably wouldn't have kept it up.
They called you names to get you into fights.
I think that's it.
That's what you say.
That's what we believe.
She didn't have to kick me out of school.
How many fights you have there?
I don't know.
Well, you must have some idea.
Quite a few.
Miss Ridley talked to you?
Yeah.
She gave you more than one chance, didn't she?
Yeah.
The kids kept after me.
Wouldn't let me alone.
You don't like Miss Ridley, do you?
Why should I?
Is that why you broke into the school?
Maybe.
How many times you go in?
Three.
Did you steal the things from the store room?
Yeah.
Where are they?
Oh.
You live with your father and mother?
Yeah.
Any brothers or sisters?
Two brothers?
Three sisters.
Well, now when you had the trouble at school,
did Miss Ridley talk to your parents?
No.
She didn't get in touch with them at all.
Sure she tried, but they didn't go in to see her.
Is there any reason why they didn't?
Oh, just didn't go, I saw.
I guess we better go out and have a talk with them this time.
Why?
Well, I'll have to know about this trouble that you're in.
Maybe if we talk to them,
we sort of work this problem out together, don't you think?
I won't do any good.
Why not, son?
They think I'm fat and ugly.
Jerry Becker went on to say that he was now attending
the Janssen School, one of two maintained in the city for juveniles.
You have difficulty making adjustments in normal school life.
He also told us that on all three occasions he had been alone
when he broke into the hillside school.
We drove out to his home.
It was a small, frame-house, badly in need of repair.
We met his father, Henry Becker.
We told him the reason for our visit.
So you just can't stay out of trouble.
First it's fighting and you get kicked out of school.
Now this makes...
What's the matter with you anyhow?
I don't know, Dad.
Excuse me, Mr. Becker,
but this kind of talk isn't going to get us anywhere.
Your son has a definite problem in his health.
Sure, he's got a problem. He's no good.
Never has been, never will be.
I'm going to take him away outside.
Sure.
I suppose you're going to give me the answers.
You sound like you think it's my fault he got into this trouble.
Well, you want to help keep him out of it.
Sure, just follow him around all day.
A night slap is risk when he steps out of line.
You were asked to go over to his school when he had trouble before.
Why didn't you go?
I didn't have the time.
I got to worry about five other kids.
They got to eat.
I can't be taking time away from work just because one of them can't keep his nose clean.
What about your wife?
What do you mean?
Well, couldn't she have gone over to the school?
Why don't you ask her?
She here now?
No.
Gone out, probably at a movie.
She has to have some fun so she leaves me with the kids.
Is there any reason why she couldn't go and talk with Mr. Ridley about your son, Jerry?
Yeah.
She figured it was his own problem.
He has to learn to fight his own battles.
Well, that's fine when you know what you're fighting.
Your boy doesn't.
It's nothing to matter with him.
That's what you're wrong.
Your son has an inferiority complex about his looks.
Oh, big deal.
That's one of the things that's wrong with him.
You try to tell me he gets into trouble because of the way he feels about his looks.
It's possible that's a good part of it.
You're going to have to go to jail.
I'm afraid he will.
But you put kids on probation sometimes, let the parents look after him.
Yeah, when they have parents.
Couldn't you do that for Jerry?
If you could show the authorities that you'd be responsible for him, it might work out.
I could do that.
There's something more you've got to do.
Find time to talk to him.
We took the subject along with a recovered stolen property back to Georgia Street.
The next day, Miss Ridley came down and identified the articles as those taken from the school's storeroom.
She said that Jerry Beckle had been in numerous fights before he was dismissed from school.
During her investigation of the disorder, she found that Beckle had provoked several of the fights.
She went on to say that the subject had been a below-average student showing little interest in academic work.
The petition was filed in Beckle's behalf with a juvenile court.
The petition was sustained and was placed on probation with a Los Angeles County probation department
and allowed to remain in the custody of his parents.
March 31st, 8.06 a.m.
I just picked up the report for yesterday. You want to check them over?
Yeah, all right. Thanks.
I saw the skipper on the way in.
Yeah.
You remember that Austin boy?
Karthief, wasn't he?
Yeah. Violated his probation.
Picked up again last night.
Oh, man.
What was that kid's name on the hillside school case that heavy set boy?
Hmm.
One that thought he was so ugly?
Yeah, that's one.
Back all or something?
Yeah.
What about it?
I looked here, the description on this report fits him.
I'm listening to this.
Victim states the subject said there were, what are you smiling for because I'm so ugly?
I'm right there.
What's the charge?
Pretty bad this time.
Yeah.
Attempted robbery and shooting.
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The robbery and shooting had occurred the previous night about 7.30 p.m.
We checked with the Georgia Street receiving hospital.
We found the victim Linda Cotterly had been treated for a minor flesh wound in the leg.
She'd been shot with a 22 caliber pistol.
The hospital report showed that she'd been released and allowed to return home.
We contacted the officers working the case and checked the reports that had been filed.
We asked if we could talk to the victim.
Frank and I draw out to the address and we were admitted by her sister.
Linda Cotterly was lying on a couch in the front room.
We identified ourselves and asked her if she'd mind going over the story for us.
I told the other officers all about it.
Yes, we understand that.
We saw their report, but we appreciate you're telling us just what happened.
Guess it won't do no harm.
Suppose if more of you know about it, you'll have a better chance to catch a little stinker.
That's right, Linda.
I shouldn't have said that.
Man.
Little stinker, he was a big stinker.
Oh, yeah.
Could have killed me.
Give me cold chills thinking about it.
You understand?
I wonder if you'd do something for me.
That's not what's that.
There's an afghan on the sewing machine and the dining room.
Would you get it for me?
Sure.
Thank you.
Well, if you'd tell us the story.
Sure.
Well, you know, I was shot in the leg right here.
Yes, we know.
First, I thought it was just some kid playing a joke.
Hey, Iron Man.
Oh, thank you, Mr. Smith.
Would you just drape it over me?
Definitely not.
All right.
That's fine.
Thank you.
Yes, ma'am.
You said you thought it was a joke when this boy tried to hold you up?
Yeah, he was so young with him.
Couldn't have been more than 15 or 16.
You know.
He was sort of chubby.
Didn't look mean at all.
I guess I should have been scared, but I wasn't.
I just smiled.
Did he say anything when he approached you?
About it being a hold up for me?
That's right.
No, came up to me.
He had a gun in his hand.
That's when you smiled.
That's right.
Then what happened?
That real mad look on his face.
He didn't look tough.
Is that when he spoke to you?
How do you know?
It was in the report.
Let's try that.
It's forgotten.
Well, then I guess I can skip the part about what he said.
We'd like to hear his exact words if you can remember him.
He said, what are you smiling for?
Because I'm so ugly.
Did you get a good look at him?
Yes, no.
How do you mean that?
Well, I did see him, but I don't remember his face too well.
I know he was young.
Not too good looking, but it's hard to say just what he did look like.
Do you think you'd know him if you ever saw him again?
My.
It's pretty dark.
I'm not sure.
All right.
What happened after he spoke to you?
I said no.
Meaning I didn't think he was ugly.
And they told me to give him my purse.
That's when it happened.
What was that then?
Well, I got scared.
I knew he wasn't fooling.
I screamed and started running.
And then I heard the noise gunfire.
Let me go ahead.
Then I fell to sting on my leg.
When the bullet hit me, kept on running.
Went past a vacant lot.
He kept screaming.
And then I saw a man across the street open his front door and look out.
I ran up to him.
Told him I'd been shot and he called the police.
When you said this person was chubby, did you mean he was fat?
Well, he was kind of big around the middle.
And his face was sort of round light.
How about his hair?
Was it dark?
Yeah.
Do you notice if it was straight or a wavy?
No.
Tell me you got idea who this kid was?
Well, we're not sure.
I don't want to think.
What's that?
The kid should be taught a lesson.
Well, they wouldn't think to do it when they're that rotten.
So that and around a little and just forget about him.
That's the trouble here.
That's what they did to this boy.
Frank and I went back to the office and checked the records on the petition.
And we found the subject's father, Henry Beckle, was employed at a lumber yard.
We drove down to the place and found him stacking lumber in the back lot.
What's on your mind this time?
How's Jerry been getting along?
All right, I guess.
Tending school regularly?
As far as I know, haven't had any bad reports.
What's he been doing nice?
He stays in the house.
It was out once in a while.
They were too late.
Why?
Where was he Monday night?
Home.
All night?
Yeah.
How about Tuesday?
After supper he went out for a while, came in early.
Why?
How's your son been acting lately?
What do you mean?
Does he have any trouble at school?
I told you I haven't had any bad reports from him.
How about at home?
No trouble.
We're trying to help him.
Well, on as far as you know, he's been in pretty good spirits, is that right?
Look, you know he's no ball of fire, but he seems to be happy, you know?
Uh-huh.
What is all this anyway?
We're just checking something out.
Well, the way he has questions, it sounds like you think Jerry's in trouble again.
No, we didn't say that.
Well, you don't have to.
I know what you're getting at, and I don't like it.
No reason to get upset.
They're right.
How would you feel?
Jerry's been released to my custody.
You're as much as telling me I haven't been doing the right thing.
Well, if you're sure of that in your own mind, you don't have anything to worry about, do you?
Well, I've done what I can, but I can't watch him all the time.
What's he supposed to have done this time?
We're not sure he's done anything.
He wouldn't be nosing around if he didn't have some reason.
Just something we got to check.
All right.
But if he got off on the wrong foot again, don't try to pin any tails on me.
I've been doing the right thing, but I don't mind telling you.
I've never been too sure he would straighten that.
Is that right?
Yeah.
But I'm doing what I can for him.
Yeah.
I feed him.
I put clothes on his back.
I put a roof over his head.
What more can I give him?
You only gun, Mr. Beckle.
Why?
I said you only gun.
Yeah, why?
What kind?
22 pistol.
We drove over to the Janssen School, and we talked to the principal.
We explained our business, and he told us that Jerry Beckle hadn't been in school all day.
We drove out to the boys' home, and we met his mother.
He said he wasn't there, but he'd probably be home about five o'clock,
going back to the car and waiting.
At 4.30 p.m., Henry Beckle returned from work, and drove into the yard,
and we met him at the back door.
So you're here again.
That's right.
Let's go in the house, Beckle.
You want it?
Go ahead.
You want to tell me what this is all about, now?
We'd like to talk to Jerry first.
If you want to see him, why didn't you go over to his school?
We did.
It wasn't there today.
Kids up to his old tricks.
Oh, they found you.
This is my wife.
We met with the trouble.
Jerry again?
He wasn't in school, do they?
That all.
We should get out of the kitchen so I could pick supper.
Yeah.
You guys want to come on in to the other room?
All right.
While we're waiting for your son, I wonder if you get that gun for us.
I don't know why it should.
You got no choice, Paula.
It's in the closet.
You said that before, no, where is it?
Over there.
Where?
It's in that box.
It's a small flat one.
Let's go in here.
Yeah.
When's the last time you fired this?
I don't know.
It's been quite a while.
What do you think?
It smells like it was fired recently.
But time at Jerry usually get home back up.
We eat at 5.30, he'll be here by then.
Uh-huh.
You don't have to worry about him not showing up.
He might skip school, but that fat lazy slob won't miss a man.
He's twice as much as the other kids.
No wonder he looks like he does.
How long?
Let's go.
Right.
Hi, son.
Hi.
What do you want?
Fred, we're going to take you with us.
Can I eat first?
It won't hurt him any dummy.
Something you'll look at.
I'm looks like a fat toad.
Well, why don't you say it?
All right.
It doesn't make any difference.
You'd like to be rid of me anyway.
Take it easy, son.
You all want to hear it okay, I'll tell you.
I shot it.
We took Jerry Beckle down to Georgia Street for further questioning.
After the outbreak of his home, he quieted down, refused to say anything more.
We talked to him for an hour and he finally admitted the whole story.
All right, son.
Why'd you take the gun?
You get some money, I guess.
And I was at the only way you could get it.
I don't know.
You could have gotten a job.
I tried to.
Yeah.
Nobody wanted me.
Well, how many people do you ask for work?
Just one place.
Then you gave up.
That was enough.
I knew I wouldn't get a job.
Did they tell you they wouldn't give you work?
I didn't have to.
I knew just the way they looked at me.
Do you ever ask your father for money?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
How come they look at me?
I don't know.
I didn't know.
I don't know.
Where did they look at me?
You never ask your father for money?
Yeah.
They gave me any.
They just read me off.
What do you say to him?
What he always does.
I'm fat, lazy.
Not good for anything,
but put my feet under the table.
And eat them.
So you decided to get out and rob somebody, huh?
Yeah.
Why'd you shoot at the woman?
I'm not sure.
But she didn't do you any harm, did she?
No.
She made me mad laugh at me just like all the rest.
She did though.
Sure.
No. I could tell what she was thinking.
Because people shouldn't laugh at somebody just because they're fat.
No. They got no right to do that.
Maybe. But how much did you have?
Huh?
When you shot it.
The story you have just heard is true.
The names were changed to protect the innocent.
On July 14th trial was held in Department 98,
superior court of the state of California
in and for the County of Los Angeles.
Jerome Howard Beko was remanded to the juvenile authorities
and placed in the foster home where he was assured of 24-hour supervision.
One of the conditions of his probation was that he received psychiatric aid
by a doctor appointed by the court.
Dragon it.
The story of your police force in action
is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.
