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Free tickets lure 100 fugitives in DC Redskins game raid
Authorities used free Redskins tickets as bait to arrest 100 fugitives at a pregame branch, posing as waiters to serve warrants. Marshals called it the largest mass arrest in memory, describing an assembly line operation. Prisoners complained of false advertising and unclear motives as they were marched to jail after the bust.
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Associated Press
Washington
Washington Redskins
U.S
Herbert M. Rutherford III
District of Columbia
Boomer
Cincinnati Bengals
Boomer Esiason
Metropolitan Police
International Sports Television
Redskins
Bengals
Convention Center