TV & VIDEO - July 20, 1988
Criminals and malcontents, beware! Big Brother is watching you. Via the TV set, that is. Robert Wayne Fisher, 47, was being held in the Imperial County jail in El Centro--arrested shortly after a profile of the accused fugitive aired on Fox Broadcasting Co.’s “America’s Most Wanted” call-in crime-busting show. El Centro Police Sgt. Ray Loera said Fisher--wanted in Louisiana on second-degree murder charges--was sleeping when police entered his room in a residential motel to arrest him. Loera confirmed they were able to locate Fisher only after several people--including Fisher’s roommates and co-workers--had seen the TV show and identified Fisher.
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