The Big Broad

Originally Aired: February 9, 1954

Dragnet #234, "The Big Broad," Sergeant Joe Friday and his temporary partner, Sergeant Slats Henry, are hunting a dangerous pair of robbery suspects terrorizing Los Angeles liquor stores. When another holdup occurs at Charles Osborn's neighborhood shop on Alexandria and Burns Avenue, Friday and Henry respond Code 3. The elderly shopkeeper describes the same modus operandi reported in previous robberies: a man and woman wearing handkerchief masks, working smoothly together, with the red-haired woman doing the talking while her tall male accomplice stands guard. They demanded Canadian whiskey and cash from the register, threatened to shoot if Osborn moved, then escaped in a waiting car.

Friday faces mounting pressure as the robbery spree continues and the suspects grow bolder with each job. Osborn provides detailed descriptions—the woman with flame-red hair, blue eyes, and a green coat; the man tall and dark-haired in a blue linen suit—but his frustration mirrors the public's growing impatience. As Friday knows from their pattern, these thieves are capable of murder, and it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt. The detectives hope the pair's consistent methods will be their downfall when they inevitably strike again.

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