The HPOU named Officer C. E. Dorton its Patrol Officer of the Month in the November general membership meeting.
Dorton’s determined effort twice thwarted a suspect known as one of the most prolific juggers in the state of Texas. The term “jugger” identifies a suspect known to hang out around banks and follow bank customers who have just cashed checks to locations such as their homes to steal the money.
Sometimes a jugger will wind up robbing the bank customer and some juggers have been known to murder their victims.
Dorton found this well-known jugger at a south Houston bank and developed a plan to bait this individual by using an undercover HPD officer. The plan worked when the suspected broke into the undercover officer’s car and took the money from the vehicle.
Subsequently, charges of Engaging in Organized Crime with Intent to Commit Felony Theft” were filed against this suspect and two of his co-conspirators.
However, in October Dorton, while off duty, learned that this leading jugger had bonded out of jail and had headed to San Antonio. He alerted San Antonio PD, who then kept a sharp eye on this suspect, eventually nabbing him and two others when they targeted two bank customers. The same charges were filed against these three individuals.
HPOU’s Luis Menendez-Sierra presented the honor to Dorton, saying, Dorton’s “desire to take criminals off the street has frequently montivated him to coordinate with agencies across the state, even while off duty.”
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