What "Cops" 4-th episode about
(5:26 PM Sexual Assault Call) Third Precinct - A call comes in from a woman who says her 11 year-old daughter has been raped, it just happened and the suspect has left the scene. Officer Dan McShane and Officer Paul Cottingham go up to the house and say her they don't know where it happened, have no suspect info and will take it as they get it. They walk up to the dirty house and the TV is blaring. Macy the girl says cousin Randy was going to take her to McDonald's and Freddy would pay for it. Freddy told her they would go around the corner, he's someone they know and trust, a friend of her aunt and he's 35-40. He told them to get in the car so she got in the back and he told her to come up front. They went to McDonald's ordered food and he didn't pay for it. He told her to come in his car and sit up there, she said no, she was going to go to McDonald's and he said no, but they went anyway. He wanted to go to the movies, she said they couldn't do that and he started the car, she wanted to go home, he parked and asked her to show him something. She says she didn't have anything. Then he said he would show her something. She said no. Did she know what he was talking about? Yeah, his private parts. He started driving, almost crashed and she yelled. He put his hand on her leg and she started crying. He said you are scared huh? Macy and her mom then cry. It will be molestation and they will turn over to child welfare. They will get back to her, they take it very serious. Avoid contact with Freddy, they'll get back to them, it could be something he does often. She did the right thing by telling her mom, she was very brave, a lot of people don't tell, otherwise it could go on. Stay away from him, it's a bad scene. (Roll Call) Fifth Precinct - Officer Don Bautista says they had an unusual burglary last night, all he did was go through the woman's underwear, sexual in nature. She is a counselor from St. Mary's chemical dependencies. He was discharged on Monday, has called and left her a message on her machine. He works at a Pizzeria, is a 20 year old white male, they'll talk to him tonight and see what his story is. All he did was take her underwear out and did what those type of people do. (7:45 PM Burglary Investigation) They go to Ribizza looking for Ben, he isn't there, but will be back in 15 minutes. He's wearing a white t-shirt and dark shorts. They get him when he pulls up and detain him. He's curious as to what is going on. There was a burglary on 27th & Xerxes last night while he was working to someone he's familiar with. He says Tracy is the only one she knows living there. He has surprised her when she was sunbathing at home and on the beach. He says he said hello to her at the beach and she was expecting him at the house. He's been in her house before with her, with her permission. It's just an interview, so he's let go. He goes to see Tracy. She says she didn't call Ben and didn't make a date with him. He tells her what Ben said that she made advances towards him. He knows this is false. There is no relationship between them. She says "oh, god" about her dating him, he must have quite a record. He says he has no record and checked around the world. She asks if he thinks Ben will do something. He can't guarantee that. When she comes home, open the door, don't go in, wait, listen. Don't go anywhere alone, bring people with you. The guy is a wacko, you've read the papers. They have probable cause to arrest him and goes back to Ribizza to look for him. He goes in and finds him in the back. He is searched, cuffed, taken downtown and mirandized. (7:17 PM Domestic Violence Call) Third Precinct - Officer John Billington says it seems whenever you get alcohol and drugs in the picture it gets worse. Lots more domestics lately, whenever force is used on people living together they have to make an arrest. Officer Steve Setzer is his partner. They get a call from a woman saying her husband is smoking crack in the house and she wants him out. They pull up, she says he's in the bathroom freaking out and has kids inside and a gun. They don't want to go in and say she should get an order of protection against him. They go in eventually slowly with guns drawn and head upstairs. They find Quinn up there, but he goes down the hall on him. He says he didn't put his hands on nobody, hasn't done anything. They go to cuff him and he says don't take me please. They are just talking to him. There are two infants laying on the bed. He says when he got back they really started arguing. He's breathing heavy, says he's hot, really scared and not on crack. John changes a diaper on a crying baby. The woman says he spent the whole rent check on crack, he was swinging things around, she was really scared and he was foaming at the mouth. They tried to keep him inside until the ambulance came, but he was slinging them around. Quinn is sweating bullets, says he didn't mean nobody harm, didn't hurt anyone. She says he needs help. She went to Chicago with her mom, came back and he sold everything. All of her furniture was gone, he sold it. They can't find any drugs, so will take him for domestic. He promises not to do anything and will leave. He says she can get a restraining order on him, just don't arrest him. They tell her to go to the county, floor 17 and file a OOP on him. He just wanted to take his car and leave. She says he went out to get pot, he came back, went into the bathroom and she smelled smoke. He came out, threw her and his sister around. It appeared like he was smoking crack. The sad part was he checked the diapers not to see if they were wet, but to see if he shoved the crack in there, he's seen it before. A cop can't expect he can change the world, but he can make it a little better.
Episode number: 4
Episode name: "Minneapolis, MN 4 - On the Home Front"
Episode release date: 7 october 1990 at 00:00
Status: aired