DALLAS -- Police arrested a man accused of mugging a teenage ROTC cadet who had collapsed in a seizure outside the downtown Greyhound bus station.
Both the crime and the arrest were captured on security cameras posted outside the Greyhound bus station.
The cameras have caught a lot of crimes on tape since they were installed in downtown and Jubilee Park a few years ago.
The surveillance video shows the victim standing outside minding his own business when a homeless man strikes up a conversation and the cadet digs deep in his pockets for some spare change to help the man out.
But when the cadet collapsed a few minutes later the man who rushed to the cadet's side was only interested in helping himself.
The video shows the 18-year-old ROTC cadet, who was on his way home to Mississippi, flailing on the ground from a seizure as a man digs into his pocket to steal his wallet.
"He sees an individual that can't fight back. Can't call for help. Can't flee," said Dallas Sr. Cpl. Kevin Janse. "This guy's down on the ground having a seizure and he knows he's got an easy target."
The victim was taken to Baylor Hospital were he was treated and released.
Officers monitoring the cameras spotted the suspect, who police identified as Frank White, 33, at the bus station again Wednesday morning.
White was arrested at the bus station and placed in the Dallas County Jail.
Janse said White, who may be homeless, hangs out in the downtown area and had previously been arrested by police.
"Any person in his right mind would have tried to help this guy and this suspect does the complete opposite," Janse said.
There aren't many lower forms of shitbag on this earth.
Posted by: GuyS
What a piece of sh*t! What happen to the good ole days of law enforcement where the leather covered blackjacks stood at the ready around an officers wrist? This would be the perfect justification for thier use.
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