Taken by Surprise
John Wesley Rose, 25, went to the Wayne County, Mich., Sheriff’s Office, hoping for a job as an officer, starting at the jail. Once they did a background check, they were only too pleased to put him in a uniform and in a jail. “We contacted him and said we’ve been looking at your application,” said the chief of the sheriff’s department. “We need you to come in to take one final test and we’ll be happy to hire you.” Rose quickly reported in and was “very quickly” placed in handcuffs: the department had discovered that there was a warrant out for his arrest in Kentucky, accusing him with sex crimes involving a teenager. (AC/Detroit News, WXYZ Detroit, WJBK Detroit) ...He wanted to turn himself into a cop, but instead he turned himself in to a cop.Original Publication Date: 15 November 2015
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 22.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 22.
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