Reply #16: Well, he hasn't exactly outsmarted the police every time..... [View All]

[mbperrin]

http://sleepless.blogs.com/george/2010/03/kopbuster-barry-cooper-arrested.html

March 04, 2010

Kopbuster Barry Cooper arrested
OAOA.com is reporting that Barry Cooper of Kopbuster fame has been arrested for filing a false report and possession of marijuana.

You will remember that in 2008 Mr. Cooper conducted a local operation that resulted in a police search of a fake grow house in Odessa, Texas. Scroll to the bottom for links.

Mr. Cooper has refined his tactics since then, and he has produced a very interesting video of a sting operation he conducted on a police officer in Liberty Hill, Texas. The whole 46 minute video is available at Youtube. The first third or so shows him setting the trap. He targeted one particular police captain, and as luck would have it, that's the officer who responded to Mr. Cooper's report of a suspicious bag. If it can be believed, the officer took cash from the bag, discarded the bag, and neglected to file a report. The video continues with Mr. Cooper confronting the Liberty Hill Police Chief. And it ends with about five minutes of what appears to be a police dash cam video of the offending officer doing a drug dog walk-around with a dog who needed coaxing to provide an incriminating alert.

As for Mr. Cooper's arrest, an updated account can be found at TrueSlant.com. Apparently, Mr. Cooper was attempting a similar sting at Florence Middle School in Williamson County, but things took a turn when the bomb squad showed up to investigate Mr. Cooper's sting package as a potential bomb. Mr. Cooper was jailed for filing a false report. Apparently, that was enough reason to search Mr. Cooper's house where, allegedly, a small amount of marijuana was found.


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