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2009-04-20 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Photo Radar Worker Gunned Down In Phoenix

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-04-20 09:20|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 They have a picture of the truck and the driver - he looks like I've always imagined Old Patriot to look.

Posted by Albert Glusolet2190 2009-04-20 12:41|| 2009-04-20 12:41|| Front Page Top

#2 I have to ask, is this a rolling "speed trap" type of vehicle or is this the tech that fixes the "fixed in place" type of traffic camera?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-04-20 17:10|| 2009-04-20 17:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Thank you very much, Albert...NOT! I'm much better looking than anyone in that video.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-04-20 17:10|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-04-20 17:10|| Front Page Top

#4 It's a temporary/rolling 'speed trap'; parked on the roadside.

Posted by Pappy 2009-04-20 17:16|| 2009-04-20 17:16|| Front Page Top

#5 If Old Patriot was the perp, it would have been and Arclight, not a shooting. Case closed.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-04-20 18:37|| 2009-04-20 18:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Hope they get the guys.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-04-20 18:54|| 2009-04-20 18:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Then they can call it even.

Posted by KBK 2009-04-20 19:35|| 2009-04-20 19:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Some more details. The alleged shooter has been arrested. He is a 68 year old man who lives two miles from where the shooting happened, and was recognized by a police officer. His picture:

http://www.kpho.com/image/19234751/detail.html

He told a local news station that he had been gold panning with his wife and niece yesterday. Importantly, he has no arrest record, and no speeding ticket either.

He is an old cowboy type. He let nothing incriminating slip when on the phone, and says he does not even know why he has been arrested.

Pro tip: apparently photo radar vehicles have a continuous feed video camera in a 360 around them, just to spot anyone who attacks the vehicle.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-04-20 22:51|| 2009-04-20 22:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Odd. That's exactly how I don't picture Old Patiot. Why on earth would he -- or anyone -- shoot at a speed trap technician?

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-04-20 23:43|| 2009-04-20 23:43|| Front Page Top

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